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LOT 1033
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead and Javelin Collection
11TH-10 CENTURY B.C.
5 1/8 - 7 in. (164 grams total, 13.1-17.8 cm).
Comprising four tanged arrowheads, two with elongated triangular blades and raised midrib, sharp central groove, cylindrical stem with handle for the shaft; one with barbed shoulders and convex sides; one with narrow and flattened blade and short tang; the javelin head with slightly rounded shoulders, lanceolate shape and flattened blade. [5]
Provenance
From London art market, acquired in 1990s.
Ex C.J. Martin, London, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the Spanish export licence.
Literature
See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, figures 463, 468, for some of these types.
Footnotes
These types of arrowheads were commonly used in Anatolia and Mesopotamia from the 2nd millennium B.C., but it appears that their employment began earlier in this area, where types like these occur alongside the non-barbed, predominantly ribbed and tanged types.
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LOT 1033
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead and Javelin Collection
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