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LOT 1448

Western Asiatic Bronze Tanged Spearhead

CIRCA 13TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.

12 1/4 in. (255 grams, 31 cm).

With leaf-shaped blade and rounded tip, pronounced medial rib and shoulder flanges, short flat-section tang.

Provenance

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.

Literature

See 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.

Footnotes

The spearhead belongs to type 2 of spearheads according to the classification of Khorasani. A similar specimen was excavated by Negahban in Marlik.

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LOT 1448

Western Asiatic Bronze Tanged Spearhead

Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)

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