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LOT 1548
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/8 - 2 1/8 in. (114 grams total, 36-53 mm).
Comprising tanged arrowheads, most with barbs.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
LiteratureCf. for similar arrowheads Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, pp.289ff, nos. 408-409.
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