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Amlash Type Bronze Spearhead
Amlash Type Bronze Spearhead
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13th-12th century B.C. Showing a long tapering blade with rounded shoulders and prominent mid-rib, the tang straight and rectangular in section. Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, s.cat 280, for type; Christies, Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, Part 2, London, South Kensington, 28th April 2004, lot 40. 411 grams, 40.5 cm (16 in.).

Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.

The weapon belongs to the type 1 of the Khorasani spearhead classification, mainly from the Marlik or Amlash areas. Similar pieces have been dated by Stutzinger to 1200-1100 B.C., but the period of use is attested to at least until 1000 B.C.

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Amlash Type Bronze Spearhead

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