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LOT 1468
Western Asiatic Bronze Spear Blade
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
11 5/8 in. (347 grams, 29.6 cm).
With an ovate blade, prominent central rib and rounded shoulders, square-section shaft with flared lateral spurs forming a collar, rectangular tang with narrow tip.
ProvenanceEx Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
LiteratureCf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armor from Iran: The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.628, no.275, for type.
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LOT 1468
Western Asiatic Bronze Spear Blade
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
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2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With a narrow, slightly angled blade and a tubular socket. 374 grams, 13.1 cm
Ex Abelita collection, 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Spearhead
9th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Comprising a leaf-shaped blade with a midrib and a long tapering socket; accompanied by a display stand, repaired. 365 grams total, spearhead: 36.5 cm (38.2 cm including stand)
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
The spear, belonging to type 3 of the Khorasani classification, was used by chariot fighters to strike each other or the enemy infantry from above. Similar specimens with longer sockets were excavated by Negahban in the Amlash area. According to Moorey, sockets as long, if not longer than the blade, are a characteristic of Iranian spearheads in the late 2nd and early 1st millennium B.C. A similar spearhead from the Tappeh Sialk has been dated to the 9th-7th century B.C. -
Luristan Bronze Dagger
Early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Large triangular blade with raised midrib and a short, tapering tang. 241 grams, 34.4 cm
Ex Abelita collection, 1990s.
