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LOT 1846
Western Asiatic Bronze Tanged Spearhead
12TH-11TH CENTURY B.C.
11 3/4 in. (288 grams, 30 cm).
Comprising a triangular blade with a facetted, flaring neck and a rectangular-section tang.
ProvenanceEx Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
LiteratureCf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, s.cat.278, 280, for type.
FootnotesThe weapon belongs to the type 1 of the spear-head classification of Khorasani, mainly originating from Marlik or Amlash areas. Similar pieces have been dated by Stutzinger to 1200-1100 B.C.
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