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LOT 1875
Western Asiatic Bronze Spear Blade
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
16 in. (310 grams, 40.5 cm).
Triangular in plan with a broad, flat-section midrib, broad tip; rounded shoulders with a short pierced tang.
ProvenanceEx Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
LiteratureCf. Negahban, E., Weapons from Marlik, Berlin, 1995, plate IX, no.117; Khorasani M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, item 283, for type.
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