Marlik Type Light Spearhead
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12th-11th century BC. A bronze spearhead with a long ovate blade and curved shoulders, broad midrib and a rectangular sectioned tang, a reinforced shaft opening to reveal the tang and rounded shoulders. See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, s. cat 278, for type. 265 grams, 36.5cm (14 1/4"). Ex Abelita family collection, 1980-2015. The weapon belongs to the type 1 of the spearhead classification of Khorasani, mainly from Marlik or Amlash areas. Similar pieces have been dated by Stutzinger to 1200-1100 BC. They are characterised by a long blade and strong midrib.
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Marlik Type Light Spearhead
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