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LOT 1073
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Group
13TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
5 1/2 - 6 1/8 in. (129 grams total, 14-15.5 cm).
Comprising four large triangular-shaped arrowheads, each with a raised midrib. [4]
Provenance
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Literature
See for similar arrowheads Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,1988, pp.289ff.
Footnotes
Although different in shape, these four heads are apparently related types of a polythetic group. There are represented two basic deltoid forms: one has a sharp, flat blade, the ends of which extend to form wings or barbs, and a prominent midrib extending into a long tang that often has a stop; the blade shape varies from deltoid to more manifestly triangular. The other form has no barbs, but it has a prominent midrib extending to the tang, it is narrow and leaf shaped.
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