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LOT 1234
Western Asiatic Bronze Spearhead
19TH CENTURY B.C.
13 1/4 in. (190 grams, 33.5 cm).
With short ridged and tapered foliate blade, collared shaft and a square-section tapered tang bent at the tip.
Provenance
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Literature
Cf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, in Russian, see pl.XXXIV no.7, from Soloi-Pompeiopolis, for the type.
Footnotes
A spearhead with stemmed tip was in use during the 3rd to first half of the 2nd millennium, in the Near and Middle East, in India, the Caucasus and Central Asia, and the main types developed in Mesopotamia in the middle of the 3rd millennium B.C. A facetted blade on a three-dimensional pin with a leaf-shaped blade on a flat handle, sometimes with holes for rivets, spread practically unchanged to the Caucasus and Bactria.
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LOT 1234
Western Asiatic Bronze Spearhead
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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