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Elymais


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European Iron


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A minor collecting subset, most definitely not my forte. Corrections to attributions are welcome.

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Pottery


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Weaponry of Western Asia


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Oil Lamp #6Greek
(Greek colonies – Howland type 25)
c. 3rd century BC
73 mm (2.9”) (l) x 38.1 (1.5”) (h)

Description:
Wheel-made body, black glazed, large central filling hole, nozzle gouged and broken, inward sloping shoulder, concave underside of base signed in ink:
“Lamp from Macedonia
Kieffer
1915
(ASN)”

Form similar to this Attic example from the Met:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/241699
1 commentsKamnaskiresMar 04, 2024
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Iron Mask Sword #2Luristan
9th - 8th century BC
49.53 cm (19 ½”)

Cf. Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran), Cat. 21-27
Cf. Khorasani (Luristan and Marlik: Centers of Weapon Making in Ancient Iran, from Marlik, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2012), Fig. 8
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Fig. 303

Description:
Blade and handle made of different iron parts, cast and forged together. Disk-shaped pommel with protomes mounted on opposite sides, two molded cords on grip, blade set at 90-degrees to handle. Rare – there are an estimated 90 extant examples of this variety.

Ex-Martin B. Retting Collection; brought by Retting to the United States in the 1950's
1 commentsKamnaskiresFeb 10, 2024
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Oil Lamp #5Late Roman/Early Byzantine
c. 5th century AD
90.5 mm (l)
(3.56")

Description:
Mold-made, discus decorated with relief pattern, lug handle, red clay body with light deposits.
KamnaskiresJan 26, 2024
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Bowl #9Cypriot
Iron Age, Cypro-Geometric, c. 1050 – 750 BC
20.3 cm (w) x 58.4 mm (h)
(8” x 2.3”)

Description:
Shallow, flaring body with flattened base; interior decorated with concentric dark-pigmented circles over a red slip surface; two opposing pierced lugs (one clogged); body repaired.

Ex- P. A. Collection, London, 1990’s.
2 commentsKamnaskiresOct 22, 2023
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AE Spearhead #3327.9 cm (11”)
Western or NW Iran
1200-800 BC

Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 5, Fig. 39 (also illustrated on page 67)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. IX, fig. 116 (for similarly shaped blade, but with shorter tang)

Description:
Long lanceolate blade with a prominent central midrib, curved shoulders, and a flattened tang. Edges chipped, deep perpendicular gouge near center causing slight bend.
1 commentsKamnaskiresOct 08, 2023
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Kamnaskires-OrodesAE tetradrachm, early to mid 2nd century AD
Van't Haaff 12.1.1-1B or C
KamnaskiresSep 01, 2023
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AE Arrowhead #39Western or NW Iran
1200-800 BC
12.38 cm (4.9”)

Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 390
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 8, Fig. 71 (also illustrated on page 85)

Description:
Triangular blade with wide midrib, long tang.
1 commentsKamnaskiresAug 17, 2023
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Iron Arrowhead #2Possibly Roman
c. 1st century AD?
74 mm (2.9”)

Description:
Long socket, deltoid shaped head.
This arrowhead was listed by the seller as Roman, and it does indeed resemble some similarly sized 1st century AD Roman examples I’ve seen in references. However, I have also seen medieval iron arrowheads dated to the 11th-13th centuries that were very similar. As with some other weapons in this gallery, we are apparently dealing with a type that lasted for centuries (a millennium!) – and so pinning down an exact date without any other information like find context seems impossible.

Cf. Deschler-Erb, Eckhard (Ad arma!: Römisches Militär des 1. Jahrhunderts n. Chr. in Augusta Raurica), table 7, fig. 91
KamnaskiresAug 09, 2023
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Kamnaskires-OrodesAE tetradrachm, early to mid 2nd century AD
Van't Haaff 12.1 variant (Combines the obverse of V.H. 12.1.1-1.B or C with the reverse of V.H. 12.1.1-3E)
1 commentsKamnaskiresAug 03, 2023
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Orodes IIAE tetradrachm, early to mid 2nd century AD
Van't Haaff 13.3.1
2 commentsKamnaskiresJul 26, 2023
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Orodes IAE tetradrachm, late 1st to early 2nd century AD
Van't Haaff 11.2.1-1a
1 commentsKamnaskiresJul 02, 2023
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Orodes IIIAE tetradrachm, 2nd century AD
Van't Haaff 16.3 or 16.4 variant
KamnaskiresJun 29, 2023

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AE Spearhead #19 (or dagger blade?)Western Asia
1200-800 BC
26.35cm (10.4”)

Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 5, Fig. 38 (dagger)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. X, Fig. 126

Description:
Tapering triangular blade with rounded midrib, slightly rounded shoulders, and flat tang broken at rivet hole.

Ex- Joe Gieker Collection, North Carolina. Previously from a Texas collection, purchased 07/12/1980 from Unicorn Gallery in Houston, TX.
Kamnaskires
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Prince AAE drachm, late 2nd to early 3rd century AD
Van’t Haaff 19.1.1-1A
1 commentsKamnaskires
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Kamnaskires VAR hemidrachm, 54 - 32 BC
Van't Haaff 9.1.3 variant; Sunrise 484
Kamnaskires

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