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LOT 1094
Western Asiatic Spearhead
12TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
16 1/2 in. (375 grams, 42 cm).
A bronze spearhead tapering from shoulders to rounded tip; the short tang tapering to end for insertion into a shaft.
Provenance
Abelita family collection, 1980-2015.
Literature
Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.632, cat.283.
Footnotes
This is a type 2 spearhead with a long blade and short tang. The elongated blade had two rivet heads at its base, here effaced by a later restoration. Similar pieces have been excavated in Marlik and Amlash.
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