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LOT 1511
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 7/8 - 7 in. (319 grams total, 7.4-18 cm).
Including barbed-and-tanged, spade-shaped and other types. [13]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, pp.289ff, nos. 396, 398-401, 407,412,416.
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The art of Luristan can be described as the art of nomadic herdsmen and horsemen with an emphasis on the crafting of small, easily portable objects, among these a great number of bronze weapons. The rich and noble aristocrats of Luristan, Elamites, Hurrians, Lullubians, Kutians, and Kassites went to battle splendidly equipped and wore magnificent bronze armour, using maces, spears and daggers as offensive weapons, alongside spears, bows and arrows.
