Western Asiatic Bronze Cloak Pin

Rectangular in section, each face with a carved panel: standing figure with chevron detailing to robe, zigzag beneath bent arm; two columns of cuneiform script; standing figure with rosette beside a hatched column with bird above; two columns of cuneiform script; with old dealer's ticket and collector's card; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 8.28 grams, 30.48 mm



From the private collection of the late Mr W. Magee, Hartlepool, County Durham, UK, 1960s-1990s, thence by descent. Accompanied by two previous cataloguing information cards.

Bell-shaped body with a ribbed suspension loop above, underside with a winged beast with a crescent above; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 6.77 grams, 24 mm



Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s. Private collection, London, UK.

Comprising tanged arrowheads, four with large elongated triangular blades and raised midrib, sharp central groove, one triangular type with barbed shoulders and flat tang, six with barbed shoulders and cylindrical stem with handle for the shaft; two with squared shoulders and rectangular stem with handle for the shaft, one with leafed blade, two with barbed shoulder and flat tang, one with flat blade, one with short triangular head and handle for the shaft, and another with short tang and trilobate blade with raised midrib. 221 grams total, 4.2-13.6 cm



London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Some of these arrowheads seem to belong to the type V, subcategory types A, B, C and D according to the classification of Khorasani and Negahban. In the four categories of triangular bronze arrowheads from Luristan, Marlik, and Northern Iran, individuated by Negahban, subtypes C and D of type V are larger arrow or javelin heads, C with barbed shoulders and D with round shoulders. Most of them were cast in moulds.