Trio of Ancient Near East Bronze Weapons - Ex-Piscopo

**Originally Listed At $200** Ancient Near East, Palestine, Syro-Palestine, ca. early 1st millennium BCE. Three wonderful cast-bronze weapon blades with three distinct styles. First is a short blade w

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A trio of well-aged bronze armaments in three unique weapon typologies. First is a socketed axe head with a flat butt end, a

Ancient Near East, ca. 1000 BCE. A very small bronze dagger with a cast on handle terminating in a small, crescent-shaped pommel. The blade itself is finely symmetrical and very flat, with no ridge or

**First Time At Auction** Ancient Near East, Canaan, the Levant, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. A trio of cast bronze weapons: one pick axe and two daggers with distinctive attachment ends. Size of largest:

Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran or Iraq, Luristan or Mesopotamia / Sumer, Bronze Age, ca. 2500 to 2000 BCE. This is a beautiful example of a cast bronze axe-pick with a sophisticated design to th

Ancient Near East, Megiddo (modern day Israel), ca. 2100 to 1900 BCE. This is a bronze spear with a nice light patina with some pale blue elements and a narrow triangular blade at the end of a long cy

Ancient Near East, ca. 2000 BCE. This is a gorgeous example of a large cast bronze axe head with clean, simple design and an elongated ovoid socket. Size: 7.4" L x 3.4" W (18.8 cm x 8.6 cm). Provenan

**Originally Listed At $200** Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 BCE. A pair of bronze vessels, one a bowl with a flared base and steep walls, and one a round-sided bowl with a v

Ancient Near East, modern day northern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A long, flattened, leaf-shaped blade with a pointed midrib and a short, rectangular tang with a pierced terminal for attachm

Ancient Near East, Iran, Elamite people, ca. 2200 BCE. A pair of well-shaped bronze axe heads with short, curved blades and long cylindrical sockets. These emphasize the beautiful, but simple geometry

**Originally Listed At $300** Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A gorgeous cast-bronze spear point with an elongated profile, a short tail end with a circular perfor

Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran and Southeastern Turkey, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A forged-bronze spear tip of lengthy form with a forked tip on the tang that was used to better bind the bl

Ancient Near East, Canaan, Middle Bronze Age II, 1900 to 1550 BCE. This is a long, thin ceremonial axe head made of cast bronze and dipped in lead, giving it a very interesting white patina. This styl

**Originally Listed At $300** Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A gorgeous cast-bronze spear point with an elongated profile, a short tail end with a circular perfor

From the ancient Near East, Iran/Iraq, Luristan, ca. 800 to 600 BCE. This is a simple cast bronze standard of the classic Luristan style, with a long, bell-shaped end attached to a thin tube on a flar

**Originally Listed At $250** Ancient Near East, Eastern Turkey, Iran, and Armenia, Urartu culture, Iron Age, ca. 900 to 600 BCE. A cast bronze axe head with a slender but thick blade that extends fro

Ancient Near East, Northern Iran and Southeastern Turkey, Marlik, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A cast-bronze dagger exhibiting a thick shoulder, a stocky handle with raised ringlets, and a concave lunate pomm

Ancient Near East, Luristan, modern day Iran, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. This is a pair of bronze hollow tubular finials that would have capped standards in the style of a "master of animals," a subhuman fi

Ancient Near East, most likely Iran, ca. 2500 to 2000 BCE. This is a cast copper alloy pick-axe with a round, elongated shaft hole and a butt with four blunted spikes. Where the shaft hole meets the t

Ancient Near East, Luristan, modern day Iran, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. This is a pair of bronze hollow tubular finials that would have capped standards in the style of a "master of animals," a subhuman fi

Ancient Near East, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 650 BCE. An impressive copper mace head in the shape of a standing bull, his horns tilted forward and his tail up and perked. The ancient weapon would have bee

Ancient Near East, The Levant, Canaan, ca. 2100 to 1900 BCE. A handsome trio of ancient bronze and copper weapons. The bronze sword has a prominent midrib that runs from the broad shoulders and tapers

Near East, Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 800 BCE. A bronze cast Luristan mace-head in a tubular form with twelve faceted phalanges in three rows around the center, and a simple upper and lower rim. Nice

Near East, Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 800 BCE. A bronze cast Luristan mace-head in a tubular form with twelve faceted phalanges in three rows around the center, and a simple upper and lower rim. Nice