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LOT 1360
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.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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.
FootnotesThe 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 1360
Western Asiatic Bronze Tanged Spearhead
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £300
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