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AE Arrowhead #01Northwestern Iran
1200-800 BC
12.5cm (4.9”)
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 390
Cf. Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran: The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period), Cat. 451
Description:
This arrowhead was part of lot 27 in Christies Sale 5524, Axel Guttman Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, Part 2, London, April 2004. The lot (“A LARGE COLLECTION OF NORTH-WEST PERSIAN BRONZE ARROWHEADS. 2ND/EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.”) consisted of an ancient bronze bowl with sculptural handles, filled to the brim with arrowheads of this type. A number of the arrowheads have since appeared on the market. Each is similar, with elongated deltoid head and long tang.
Ex-Axel Guttmann Collection, Lot 27 (part of) Christies Sale 5524, Axel Guttman Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, Part 2, 28 April 2004.
From Ancientresource.com:
“Axel Guttmann was the most famous collector of ancient militaria in the modern era, actually creating his own museum in Berlin to display his enormous collection.”Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #02Western Asia (likely Iran)
1200-800 BC
85mm
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Fig. 416
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Page 75, Fig. 58
Cf. Piller (Untersuchungen zur relative Chronologie der Nekropole von Marlik), Table XVI, Type 4 (page 293)
Description:
Triangular bilobate ribbed head, stem, medium length tang.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #03Western Asia (likely Iran)
1200-800 BC
15.1cm (6”)
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 390
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. XII, Fig. 154
Description:
Bilobate ribbed head, stem and long tang.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #04Northwestern Iran (possibly Marlik)
1200-800 BC
64mm
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Fig. 54 (page 75)
Cf. Piller (Untersuchungen zur relative Chronologie der Nekropole von Marlik), Table XVI, Type 2 (page 293)
Description:
Rare type, apparently associated with Marlik, with curving “wings” with rounded ends, blade edges convex near point and wings, concave in middle, medium length tang.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #05 (or spearhead?)Western Asia (likely Iran)
1200-800 BC
15.4cm (6”)
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. 75 (also illustrated on page 85)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Fig. 65 (page 85)
Description:
Elongated deltoid, bilobate ribbed head, long stem and tang.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #06Western Asia (likely Iran)
1200-800 BC
15.1cm (6”)
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Fig. 400
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. XII, Fig. 154
Description:
Bilobate ribbed head with barbs, stem and long tang.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #07Western Asia (likely Iran)
1200-800 BC
15.5cm (6.1”)
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 390 (see arrowhead at approximately 10:00 in circular layout)
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Fig. 400
Description:
Triangular bilobate ribbed head with stem and long tang.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #08Western Asia (likely Iran, possibly Luristan or Marlik)
1200-800 BC
57mm
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 390 (see second in row at bottom left, as well as several in grouping at bottom)
Cf. Malloy (Weapons: Ancient and Medieval Art and Antiquities), Fig. 94
Cf. Medvedskaya (Iran: Iron Age I), Fig. 14, Iran I
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Fig. 77 (page 85)
Description:
Triangular/deltoid bilobate head with shallow wide rib, medium length tang, and interesting triangular gouge on one side.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #09Western Asia (likely Iran)
1200-800 BC
66mm
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Fig. 416
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Fig. 58 (page 75)
Cf. Piller (Untersuchungen zur relative Chronologie der Nekropole von Marlik), Table XVI, Type 4 (page 293)
Description:
Triangular bilobate ribbed head, short stem, medium length tang, small nick in one edge.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #10 (or spearhead?)Western Asia
1200-800 BC
10.5cm (4.1”)
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 390 (see arrowhead at approx. 7:00 in circular layout)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Figs. 49, 50 (page 75)
Description:
Lanceolate, prominent rib, short stem and tang, chipped. This leaf-shaped tip was listed as a spearhead, but fits the description of some ancient Iranian arrowheads.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #11Northwestern Iran
1200-800 BC
77mm
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 390 (see 2nd arrowhead in horizontal row)
Cf. Medvedskaya (Iran: Iron Age I), Fig. 14, Iran I
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Fig. 72 (page 85)
Cf. Malloy (Weapons: Ancient and Medieval Art and Antiquities), Fig. 94
Description:
Deltoid shaped bilobate blade with long tang.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #12Northwestern Iran
1200-800 BC
70mm (length); 33mm (width)
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Fig. 404
Description:
Wide, bilobate winged tip, ribbed, long tang.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #13Western Asia
1200-800 BC
47mm
Cf. Piller (Untersuchungen zur relative Chronologie der Nekropole von Marlik), Table XVI, Type 4 (page 293)
Description:
Bilobate ribbed head, short stem and tang, one blade chipped.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #14Western Asia
1200-800 BC
95.3mm
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Plate 8, # 73 (also illustrated on page 85, Fig. 17, # 73)
Description:
Lanceolate or elongated deltoid-shaped, bilobate ribbed head, long tang.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #15Western Asia (likely Iran)
1200-800 BC
69.85mm
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Fig. 416
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Page 75, Fig. 58
Cf. Piller (Untersuchungen zur relative Chronologie der Nekropole von Marlik), Table XVI, Type 4 (page 293)
Description:
Triangular bilobate ribbed head, slightly barbed, stem, medium length tang.
Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #16Western Asia (likely Iran)
1200-800 BC
11.43cm (4.5”)
Cf. Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran), #445
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 390
Description:
Triangular bilobate ribbed head, short stem, medium length tang.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #17Western Asia
1200-800 BC
13cm (5.1”)
Cf. Malloy (Weapons: Ancient and Medieval Art and Antiquities), Fig. 93
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Page 85, Fig. 64
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 8, Fig. 74 (also illustrated on page 85)
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 390
Description:
Lanceolate shaped blade, stem, long tang (bent).Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #18 (or spearhead?)Western Asia (likely Iran)
1200-800 BC
12.4cm (4.9”)
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 8, Fig. 65 (also illustrated on page 85)
Cf. Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran, The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period), Cat. 445
Description:
Bilobate ribbed head, sharper tapering near point, with barbs and long tang.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #19Northwestern Iran
1200-800 BC
73.6mm
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 390 (see second in row at bottom left)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Fig. 77, (page 85)
Description:
Deltoid shaped bilobate blade with shallow wide rib, long tang.
Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #20Northwestern Iran
1200-800 BC
82.5mm
Cf. Malloy (Weapons: Ancient and Medieval Art and Antiquities), Fig. 92
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 390 (last in row at bottom right)
Description:
Ovate, bilobate ribbed head, stem, and long tang.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #21Northwestern Iran
1200-800 BC
76.2mm
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Fig. 69 (page 85)
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Plate 8, # 64 (also illustrated on page 85, Fig. 17, # 64)
Description:
Deltoid blade with slight barbs (one chipped), high rounded midrib, square-sectioned tang broken.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #22Iran (Elamite?)
c. 2200 – 1050 BC
60.45mm (2.4”)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Fig. 76 (page 85)
Cf. Met Collection 69.24.25 (The example on the Met’s site is listed as Parthian, 1st century BC – 3rd century AD. However, it was reevaluated by FORUM as being much older, dating Bronze Age to Early Iron Age, c. 2200 – 1050 BC)
Description:
Lanceolate blade, medium length tang (possibly broken).Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #23Northwestern Iran
1200-800 BC
89mm (3 ½”)
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 390
Cf. Medvedskaya (Iran: Iron Age I), Fig. 14, Iran IIc
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Plate 8, # 66 (also illustrated on page 85, Fig. 17, # 66)
Description:
Deltoid blade, rounded midrib, square-sectioned tang broken.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #24Northwestern Iran
1200-800 BC
13.8cm (5.5”)
Cf. Malloy (Weapons: Ancient and Medieval Art and Antiquities), Fig. 93
Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 8, Fig. 74 (also illustrated on page 85)
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 390 (several similar in the illustration)
Description:
Lanceolate shaped blade, stem, long square-sectioned tang tapering to a point.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #25Northwestern Iran
1200-800 BC
78.7mm (3.1”)
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 390 (see second in row at bottom left, as well as several in grouping at bottom)
Cf. Malloy (Weapons: Ancient and Medieval Art and Antiquities), Fig. 94
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Fig. 73 (page 85)
Description:
Triangular/deltoid bilobate head with shallow wide rib, medium length tang.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #26Northwestern Iran
1200-800 BC
82.6mm (3.25”)
Cf. Malloy (Weapons: Ancient and Medieval Art and Antiquities), Fig. 91
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Fig. 410 (Blade shape slightly different, but close)
Description:
Wide, deltoid rounded head, long tang (possibly broken).Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #27Northwestern Iran
1200-800 BC
10.16cm (4”)
Cf. Malloy (Weapons: Ancient and Medieval Art and Antiquities), Fig. 72 (Described as Neo-Elamite, 750-600 BC)
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Fig. 416
Cf. Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran: The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period), Cat. 467
Description:
Deltoid barbed blade with high rib, medium length tang.
Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #28Northwestern Iran? (Possibly Marlik)
1200-800 BC
41mm (l) x 22mm (w)
(1.6" x 0.9")
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Fig. 55, page 75
Cf. Petrie (Tools and Weapons), Plate XLI, Fig. 108 (Bologna)*
* Although this arrowhead does fit the Iranian type referenced above (Negahban), it was a standardized form in antiquity and may not be from Western Asia. The arrowhead’s form also fits fig. 108, Plate XLI, in Petrie’s "Tools and Weapons." That example is from Bologna. Likewise, it is similar to Petrie XLII, fig. 208, which is from Egypt.
Description:
Crude triangular form, extended barbs/wings with slightly rounded tips, thickened central line (although no marked midrib).Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #29Northwestern Iran? (Possibly Marlik)
1200-800 BC
40mm (l) x 21mm (w)
(1.6" x 0.8")
Cf. Medvedskaya (Iran: Iron Age I), Fig. 14, Iran IV
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Fig. 54, page 75
Cf. Piller (Untersuchungen zur relative Chronologie der Nekropole von Marlik), Table XVI, Type 2 (page 293)
Cf. Petrie (Tools and Weapons), Plate XLI, Fig. 109 (Hallstatt)*
* Although this arrowhead does fit the Iranian type referenced above (Medvedskaya, Negahban and Piller), it was a standardized form in antiquity and may not be from Western Asia. The arrowhead’s form also fits fig. 109, Plate XLI, in Petrie’s "Tools and Weapons." That example is attributed to the Hallstatt culture of Bronze Age Europe.
Description:
Triangular blade, edges slightly convex near point, slightly concave near middle, convex again approaching the rounded ends of barbs/wings, thickened central line (although no marked midrib).Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #30Northwestern Iran? (Possibly Marlik)
1200-800 BC
32mm (l) x 22mm (w)
(1.25" x 0.9")
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Fig. 54, page 75
Cf. Piller (Untersuchungen zur relative Chronologie der Nekropole von Marlik), Table XVI, Type 2 (page 293)
Cf. Petrie (Tools and Weapons), Plate XLII, Figs. 207, 208*
* Although this arrowhead does fit the Iranian type referenced above (Negahban and Piller), it was a standardized form in antiquity and may not be from Western Asia. The arrowhead’s form is also similar to that of figs. 207 and 208, Plate XLI, in Petrie’s "Tools and Weapons." Those examples are attributed to ancient Egypt.
Description:
Triangular form, long barbs/wings, thickened central line but no rib, tip of point and wings badly bent.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #31Old Babylonian – Neo-Elamite
1500–1000 BC
57mm (2 ¼”)
Cf. Malloy (Weapons: Ancient and Medieval Art and Antiquities), Fig. 86
Cf. Petrie (Tools and Weapons), Plate XLI, Fig. 2-3
Description:
Somewhat ovate head, medium-length tang (possibly broken), hammered flat from cut sheet.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #32Sumerian, Susa
c. 2000 BC
70mm (2.75")
Cf. Petrie Tools, XLI 30
Description:
Cast, flat bladed, with broad, slight rib.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #33Elam
Neo-Elamite II or III period:
c. 750 – 600 BC
50 mm (2”)
Description:
Bent trilobate head, long flattened tang, sand patina.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #34Western or northwestern Iran
1200-800 BC
12.7 cm (5”)
Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran), Cat. #464
Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Fig. 397
Description:
Jet-like wings (broken), long tang tapering toward rounded end.
Ex-Private collection, Paris, France; acquired before 1970Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #35Luristan
1200-800 BC
99 mm (3.9”)
Cf. Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran: The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period), Cat. 441
Description:
Jet-like wings, stemmed, long rectangular-sectioned tang, deposits.
Ex-G. W. collection from the 1980'sKamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #36Western or NW Iran
c. 1000 BC
10.16 cm (4”)
Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran), Cat. 454
Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Fig. 67 (page 85)
Description:
Bilobate, elongated triangular shape with convex sides and barbed shoulders.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #37Western Asia (probably Iran)
1200-800 BC
15.6 cm (6 1/8”)
Cf. Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran), Cat. 467
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Figs. 399, 400
Description:
Elongated triangular head, barbed shoulders, convex sides, pronounced midrib, long tang.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #38Western or NW Iran
1200-800 BC
14.1 cm (5.6”)
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 390 (several similar in grouping at bottom of page)
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Fig. 410
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Fig. 73, (page 85)
Description:
Deltoid shaped bilobate blade with shallow wide rib, long tang.
Ex-Joseph K. Long III collection, New Hampshire, USA, acquired in the 1980sKamnaskires
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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.Kamnaskires
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AE Dagger #01Canaanite
early to mid 2nd millennium BC
17cm (6.7”)
Description:
This dagger blade is from the Shlomo Zeitsov collection. It was sold by the collector’s nephew, who reports that it was found in Israel. It is tang-less and has three rivet holes, of which only one remains fully encircled by bronze.
Ex-Shlomo Zeitsov collectionKamnaskires
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AE Dagger #02Western Asia (possibly Marlik or other site in/around Gilan, Iran)
2nd millennium BC
29.5cm (11.6”)
Cf. Negahban, (Weapons from Marlik) Pl. X, Fig. 128
Description:
Long triangular ribbed blade, squared shoulders, four rivet holes (two rivets still in place), broken tang.
Ex-Johan Dæhnfeldt CollectionKamnaskires
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AE Dagger #03Western Asia (possibly Luristan)
1200-800 BC
33cm (13")
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 379
Cf. Malloy (Weapons: Ancient and Medieval Art and Antiquities), Fig. 53
Cf. Medvedskaya ("Iran: Iron Age I"), Fig. 9, #14 (Luristan Type III)
Cf. Overleat (The Early Iron Age in the Pusht-I Kuh, Luristan), Pl. 89 (Kutal-i Gulgul, tomb A9), Fig. A9-60
Description:
Flanged hilt with no wood or ivory remaining, blade and hilt cast in one piece.Kamnaskires
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AE Dagger #04Northwestern Iran (probably Luristan)
1200-800 BC
32cm (12.6”)
Cf. Khorasani (Bronze and Iron Weapons from Luristan), Fig. 2 (page 212)
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 6, #50; (also illustrated on page 70)
Cf. Overleat (The Early Iron Age in the Pusht-I Kuh, Luristan), Fig. 184, #KT.A6-19 (page 216)
Description:
Flanged hilt with no wood or ivory remaining, single rivet hole in wedge-shaped pommel, low broad midrib, blade and hilt cast in one piece.
From an old British collection, acquired in the 1970sKamnaskires
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AE Dagger #05Northwestern Iran (possibly Marlik)
1200-800 BC
31.5cm (12.4”)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. V, Fig. 55
Description:
Triangular blade, very broad at base, with diamond-shaped cross-section, flanged hilt with no wood or ivory remaining.
Ex-Danish private collectionKamnaskires
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AE Dagger #06Western Asia
1200-800 BC
24.8cm (9.75”)
Description:
Blade and hilt cast in one piece, open guard that tapers to grip, grip broken, blade edges slightly concave along their lengths.Kamnaskires
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AE Dagger #07Luristan
1200-800 BC
23.5cm (9.25”)
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 5, Fig. 40 (also illustrated on page 67)
Description:
Triangular blade, wide and flat thickened center.
Ex-John F. Piscopo collection.
Previously sold in the John F. Piscopo Collection Pre-Auction Sale, December 5th, 2008, lot #3050-10.
Kamnaskires
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AE Dagger #08Western Asia (possibly Luristan)
1200-800 BC
29.7cm (11.7")
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 379
Cf. Medvedskaya ("Iran: Iron Age I"), Fig. 9, #14 (Luristan Type III)
Cf. Overleat (The Early Iron Age in the Pusht-I Kuh, Luristan), Pl. 89 (Kutal-i Gulgul, tomb A9), Fig. A9-60
Description:
Flanged hilt with no wood or ivory remaining, hilt tapering down to splayed end, blade and hilt cast in one piece.Kamnaskires
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AE Dagger #09Luristan
c. 1000 BC
36.8cm (14.5")
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 6, Fig. 51
Description:
Lower portion of hilt cast in imitation of an inlaid flanged hilt, complete with guard flanges, pommel divided into two semicircular "ears," broad flat midrib down the blade.Kamnaskires
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AE Dagger #10Western Asia
1200-800 BC
35cm (13.8”)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. X, Figs. 125, 126
Description:
Long triangular blade, prominent rib, medium sized tang, with thick point for piercing armor – a feature that was rare in antiquity. Metal bent at one edge of base.
Ex-Johan Dæhnfeldt CollectionKamnaskires
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AE Dagger #11NW Iran
(Deylaman/Dailaman region of Gilan, possibly Amlash)
9th – 8th century BC
39.4 cm (l) x 61 mm (w)
(15.5” x 2.4”)
Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran), Fig. 26, p. 61
Medvedskaya ("Iran: Iron Age I"), Fig. 9, VIII
Description:
Concave edges in upper part of blade that become sharp spikes on either side of a short tang. While some sellers have listed this rare type of ancient Iranian blade as a spearhead, researchers usually call them daggers (Medvedskaya, “Iran: Iron Age I”, p. 75). This type has been excavated from tombs in and around Amlash in NW Iran, and is datable based on adjacent fibulae.
Ex-Old British Collection formed in the 1980s
Kamnaskires
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AE Dagger #12Western Iran, likely Luristan or Elam
Late 3rd to 2nd millennium BC
24 cm (9.4”)
Cf. Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran), type 3.2.3.a, Fig. 9, p. 56, as well as Cat. 2
Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 376, #3
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 5, Fig. 45
Description:
Leaf shaped blade cast separately from hilt; hilt cast hollow with decoration in relief; curved guard.Kamnaskires
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AE Dagger #13NW Iran, Possibly Amlash
1200 – 800 BC
40.6 cm (16”)
Cf. Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran), Cat. 34 (for similar penannular guard)
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 393 (for similar blade and penannular guard)
Cf. Rafiei-Alavi (The Biography of a Dagger Type: The Diachronic Transformation of the Daggers with the Crescent-Shaped Guard), fig. 11 (Iron Age II daggers), two at lower left with exposed tangs, from Toul-e Talesh
Description:
Mold-cast blade with wide, flat midrib; penannular guard; hilt cast upon blade via lost wax process; tip of tang exposed at upper end of grip.
Kamnaskires
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AE Dagger #14Western Asia (possibly Luristan)
1200-800 BC
31.1 cm (12.4")
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 379
Cf. Malloy (Weapons: Ancient and Medieval Art and Antiquities), Fig. 53
Cf. Medvedskaya ("Iran: Iron Age I"), Fig. 9, #14 (Luristan Type III)
Cf. Overleat (The Early Iron Age in the Pusht-I Kuh, Luristan), Pl. 89 (Kutal-i Gulgul, tomb A9), Fig. A9-60
Description:
Flanged hilt with no wood or ivory remaining, blade and hilt cast in one piece.Kamnaskires
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AE Dagger #15Probably Luristan
1200-800 BC
29.53 cm (11.6”)
Cf. Medvedskaya ("Iran: Iron Age I"), Fig. 9, #12 (Luristan Type II)
Description:
Flanged hilt with no wood or ivory remaining, blade and hilt cast in one piece.Kamnaskires
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AE Dirk #01Northwestern Iran
1200-800 BC
37.7cm (14.8”)
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Fig. 164 (page 99)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Fig. 41 (spearhead, page 59)
Cf. Petrie (Tools and Weapons), Plate XXXVI, Fig. 170
Description:
Long tapering form, winged guard extending from the ricasso, prominent midrib, chips along one edge.
From a private Danish collection of ancient weaponsKamnaskires
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AE Dirk #02Western Asia (possibly northwestern Iran)
1200-800 BC
41.5cm (16.3”)
Cf. Malloy (Weapons: Ancient and Medieval Art and Antiquities), Fig. 62
Description:
Rounded shoulders and broad, flat central midrib curving outward at shoulders, tang broken, some roughness, chips, and encrustations.
From a private Danish collection of ancient weaponsKamnaskires
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AE Dirk #03Western Asia (possibly northwestern Iran)
1200-800 BC
44.2cm (17.4”)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. IX, Fig. 115 for similarly shaped blade (although with rivets)
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 5, Figs. 42 and 43 (for similarly shaped blades)
Description:
Rounded shoulders, flat and subtle midrib, edges slightly concave and tapering toward point, medium length tang.
Ex-London Collection, formed 1990 - presentKamnaskires
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AE Dirk #04Western Asia (likely western or northwestern Iran)
1200 – 800 BC
42.5cm (16.73”)
For similarly shaped spearheads (rather than dirks):
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. IX, Fig. 119 (spearhead with similar shoulders’ profile); Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. XI, Fig. 143 (spearhead with similar blade profile)
Description:
Rivet hole in tang; rounded shoulders; flat, wide, well-defined midrib; blade edges transitioning from convex at shoulders to concave along length, to slightly convex again before tapering to point.Kamnaskires
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AE Hilt #01Northwestern Iran
1200-800 BC
11.1cm (4.4”)
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), plate 7, #58, 60 (for similar pommel)
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran), 392 and 397a (for similar pommel)
Description:
Double disk pommel, cylindrical grip, iron core (broken tang), bronze exterior, incised with decorative patterns.Kamnaskires
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AE Hilt #02Northwestern Iran
1200-800 BC
24.8cm x 7.9cm (9.75” x 3.125”)
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 8, Fig. 63 (also illustrated on page 82)
Cf. Hisashi Nojima, Yui Arimatsu, Masahiro Fujii, Murata, Hakuhiro Ichikawa, Shohei Fujii, Naoto Morimoto (Bronze-Hilted Iron Swords from Western Asia at the Department of Archaeology, Hiroshima University), Fig. 1, #2; Fig. 2, #2; Fig. 11.
Description:
Distinctive Luristani bifurcated “double-ear” pommel, square cross-section through grip, with two lattice-patterned bands enclosing a horizontally-oriented linear band which comprise the hand guard; oxidized remnants of the original iron blade are still visible below the guard.
Ex-Private East Coast, USA collectionKamnaskires
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AE Hilt #03Luristan
1200-800 BC
70mm (2 3/4”)
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 387
Description:
This hilt, with broken blade, would have been part of a tiny imitation of a Luristani dagger. Such small imitative weapons are described by Houshang Mahboubian as surgical instruments. Mahboubian, who possesses what has been called “one of the most magnificent collections of early Iranian bronzes in the world,” illustrates a number of them in his book "Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze." Most of his examples have, as this one does, a double-eared pommel. At least one seller of a specimen similar to mine had a different interpretation. His listing read “Accurate miniature version of a typical Luristan dagger with double-eared pommel, long grip and lanceolate blade. The small scale is rare and points to a votive or ceremonial function of the item.” I would agree that some sort of symbolic or ritualistic function of these miniature "daggers" seems likely.
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AE Spear Butt (Counterpoise) #01Western Asia (likely NW Iran)
Early first millennium BC
22.3cm (8.8”)
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Figs. 518-519
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), Figs. 398.b-c (examples listed, perhaps erroneously, as spearheads rather than as a spear butts)
Description:
Socketed, square cross-section above cylindrical socket, tapered toward tip, tip broken, triangular motifs at middle.
Kamnaskires
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AE Spear Butt (Counterpoise) #02Western Asia (likely NW Iran)
Early first millennium BC
22.6cm (8.9”)
Cf. Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran: The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period), Cat. 287 (listed, perhaps erroneously, as a spearhead rather than as a spear butt)
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), Figs. 398.b-c (examples listed, perhaps erroneously, as spearheads rather than as a spear butts)
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Figs. 518-519
Description:
Grooved and cylindrical socket ornamented with raised studs, square cross-section above socket, base of socket and tip broken.Kamnaskires
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AE Spear Butt (Counterpoise) #03Western Asia (likely NW Iran)
Early first millennium BC
18.1cm (7.13”)
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Figs. 518-519
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), Figs. 398.b-c (examples listed, perhaps erroneously, as spearheads rather than as a spear butts)
Description:
Socketed, tapered, tip broken, band of raised studs near socket, triangular motifs higher up, some encrustations.Kamnaskires
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AE Spear Butt (Counterpoise) #04Western Asia (likely NW Iran)
Early first millennium BC
17.2cm (6.8”)
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Figs. 518-519
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), Figs. 398.b-c (examples listed, perhaps erroneously, as spearheads rather than as a spear butts)
Description:
Socketed, tapered, tip broken, band of raised studs near socket, double band of studs higher up, circular cross-section for full length.Kamnaskires
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AE Spear Butt (Counterpoise) #05Western Asia (likely NW Iran)
Early first millennium BC
21.92cm (8.63”)
Cf. Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran: The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period), Cat. 287 (listed, perhaps erroneously, as a spearhead rather than as a spear butt)
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), Figs. 398.b-c (examples listed, perhaps erroneously, as spearheads rather than as a spear butts)
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Figs. 518-519
Description:
Band of raised studs near socket, additional studs higher up at base of solid tapered portion, circular cross-section through lower part, squarish cross-section through tip.Kamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #01 (or dagger blade?)Western Asia (possibly Luristan or Marlik)
1200-800 BC
20.3cm (8”)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. IX, Fig. 119
Description:
Ribbed blade with rounded shoulders, slightly concave edges, long tang, broken tip, encrustations.
Ex-Walter Steinberg CollectionKamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #02 (or dagger blade?)Western Asia (possibly Luristan or Marlik)
1200-800 BC
18.8cm (7.4”)
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 5, Fig. 38 and Pl. 6, Fig. 55 (daggers)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik) Pl. X, Fig. 124
Description:
Tapering triangular blade with rounded midrib, nearly square (very slightly deltoid) shoulders, and flat tang.Kamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #03 (or dagger blade?)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.Kamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #04Western Asia (probably northwestern Iran, possibly Marlik)
1200-800 BC
26.6cm (10.5”)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. VI, Fig. 78
Description:
Ovate blade with curved shoulders, sharper tapering near point, flat midrib, squared-sectioned tang with sharp bend at end.Kamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #05 (or dagger blade?)Western Asia (possibly Luristan)
1200-800 BC
26.9cm (10.6”)
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 5, Fig. 40
Description:
Triangular blade, square shoulders, broad flat rib, rivet hole in long tang.Kamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #06 (or dagger blade?)Western Asia (possibly Luristan or Marlik)
1200-800 BC
32.9cm (13”)
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Fig. 392 (dagger)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. IX, Fig. 119
Description:
Rounded shoulders, pronounced midrib, slightly concave edges, long tang.Kamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #07 (or dagger blade?)Western Asia (possibly northwestern Iran, possibly Marlik)
1200-800 BC
30cm (11.8”)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. IX, Fig. 116
Cf. Piller (Untersuchungen zur relative Chronologie der Nekropole von Marlik), Table XII, Type IB (page 289)
Description:
Rounded shoulders, pronounced midrib, rivet hole in tang.Kamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #08 (or dagger blade?)Western Asia
1200-800 BC
29cm (11.4”)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. X, Figs. 121, 127
Description:
Triangular blade with high shoulders that taper greatly toward point, very pronounced midrib, slightly concave edges, long tang with rivet hole.
Ex-Johan Dæhnfeldt CollectionKamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #09Western Asia (probably northwestern Iran, possibly Marlik)
1200-800 BC
38.5cm (15.4”)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. VI, Figs. 79, 80
Cf. Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran: The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period), Cat. 278
Description:
Ovate blade with curved shoulders, sharper tapering near point, flat midrib, and squared-sectioned tang.
Ex-Johan Dæhnfeldt CollectionKamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #10Western Asia (probably northwestern Iran, possibly Marlik)
1200-800 BC
28.5cm (11.2”)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. VI, Fig. 78
Cf. Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran: The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period), Cat.278
Description:
Ovate blade with curved shoulders, sharper tapering near point, flat midrib, and squared-sectioned tang with sharp bend at end.
Ex-Private Danish collection of ancient weaponsKamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #11Western Asia (probably northwestern Iran)
1200-800 BC
38.5cm (15.4”)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. VI, Fig. 80
Description:
Tapered long blade with prominent midrib, sharper tapering near point, round shoulders.
Ex-Johan Dæhnfeldt CollectionKamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #12Western Asia
1200-800 BC
16cm (6.3”)
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Fig. 396 (page 290) for similar, though slightly wider, tip
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Fig. 65 (page 85) for similarly shaped tip – however, the Negahban example is listed an arrowhead, not a spearhead.
Description:
Tanged ribbed blade, small stem, straight blade edges at base, then tapering toward point.Kamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #13Northwestern Iran (possibly Marlik)
1200-800 BC
19.5cm (7.7”)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. IX, Fig. 113
Cf. Piller, (Untersuchungen zur relative Chronologie der Nekropole von Marlik), Table XIV, Type I-A (page 291)
Description:
Deltoid ribbed blade, slightly rounded shoulders, long tang with sharp bend at end.Kamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #14 (or dagger blade?)Western Asia
1200-800 BC
23.37cm (9.2”)
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 5, Fig. 41 (for a similarly shaped – but socketed – blade)
Description:
Nearly squared shoulders, slightly concave edges, long tang with rivet hole.
Ex-Marcel Gibrat CollectionKamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #15Northwestern Iran
Late Persian Bronze Age
(Mid-2nd millennium BC)
24.5cm (9.6”)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. XI, Fig. 139
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 5, Fig. 41 (type also illustrated on page 67)
Description:
Triangular socketed blade, pronounced midrib, high shoulders.
Ex-Johan Dæhnfeldt CollectionKamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #16 (or dagger blade?)Northwestern Iran
2nd millennium BC
24.8cm (9.75”)
Cf. Petrie (Tools and Weapons), Plate XXXVI, Fig.133
Description:
High, round shoulders, central midrib, flat tang broken at rivet hole.
Ex-Private Danish collectionKamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #17 (or dagger blade?)Western Asia (probably Luristan)
1200-800 BC
33cm (13”)
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 5, Fig. 39
Cf. Malloy (Weapons: Ancient and Medieval Art and Antiquities), Fig. 64
Description:
Rounded shoulders, straight sides tapering toward point, pronounced midrib, medium length tang.
Ex-Marcel Gibrat CollectionKamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #18 (or dagger blade?)Western Asia (possibly Luristan or Marlik)
1200-800 BC
26.35cm (10.75”)
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. 125
Description:
Tapering triangular blade with subtle, rounded midrib, nearly square (very slightly deltoid) shoulders, and flat tang.Kamnaskires
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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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AE Spearhead #20NW Iran
(Possibly Marlik)
1200-800 BC
31cm (12.2”)
Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. X, Fig. 130
Description:
Lanceolate blade with pronounced rib, long socket.Kamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #21Western Asia (likely NW Iran, possibly Marlik)
1200-800 BC
33 cm (13”)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. VI, Fig. 78
Description:
Ovate blade with curved shoulders, sharper tapering near point, flat midrib, and squared-sectioned tang with sharp bend at end.
Ex-Private UK Collection, formed in the 1980s
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AE Spearhead #22Northwestern Iran (possibly Marlik)
1200-800 BC
19.5 cm (7.7”)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. IX, Fig. 113
Cf. Piller, (Untersuchungen zur relative Chronologie der Nekropole von Marlik), Table XIV, Type I-A (page 291)
Description:
Deltoid blade, slightly rounded shoulders, wide flat rib, long tang with sharp bend at end (rat tail).
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AE Spearhead #23Western Asia
(Possibly Marlik)
1200-800 BC
24.13 cm (9.5”)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Fig. 50 (page 75)
Description:
Ovate ribbed blade, rectangular sectioned tang (broken).Kamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #24Marlik (NW Iran)
1200-800 BC
45.2 cm
(17.8”)
Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. VI, Fig. 69-75
Description:
Elongated triangular blade with gently curved shoulders and a rectangular-sectioned midrib tapering toward a sharp point, rat tail tang with button end.
Ex-Allan Stone Collection, NYKamnaskires
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