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AE Spearhead #03 (or dagger blade?)
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Western Asia (possibly Luristan or Marlik)
1200-800 BC
27.94cm (11”)
Cf. Khorasani (Bronze and Iron Weapons from Luristan), fig. 1 (very similar blade shape and proportions, although Khorasani’s example has a short stem between the shoulders and tang)
Cf. Malloy (Weapons: Ancient and Medieval Art and Antiquities), Fig. 66
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 5, Fig. 38
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. X, Fig. 121
Description:
Tapering triangular blade with slightly rounded shoulders, broad flat midrib, long tang.
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