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LOT 1037

Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowheads, Javelin Heads and Daggers

3RD MILLENNIUM-7TH CENTURY B.C.

5 1/2 - 8 1/2 in. (329 grams total, 14-21.5 cm).

Comprising ten slender tanged arrowheads, javelin heads and daggers, some lozenge-section and some with raised midribs. [10]

Provenance

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.

Literature

For similar examples of arrowheads see Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg (2003), pl.XLIII, nos.257 (Luristan); 261-262 (from Karkemish); for the daggers Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 1, London, 2002, items 31; for the Javelinheads, s.Gernez, G., L’armament en métal au Proche et Moyen-Orient: des origines a 1750 av. J.C., Paris, 2007, fig.2.93, subtypes L3 B.a-b; fig.2.94 variant L3.C.a., for the type.

Footnotes

Most of these blades are bipartite, but the definition of the bipartite type is not absolute as it brings together weapons of very different and unrelated designs. In fact, some weapons do not have a sufficiently characteristic shape to be interpreted as a spear, dagger, or long arrowhead. The javelin heads classified by Gernez as type Type L 3 are characterized by the simplicity of their design. They have a sharp and/or pointed active part, a flat, elliptical or rhomboidal cross-section and an elongated tang with a rectangular, square or circular section, ending in a pointed, widened, curved or folded blade.

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LOT 1037

Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowheads, Javelin Heads and Daggers

Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)

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