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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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 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 #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 #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 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 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 #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).
Kamnaskires
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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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AE Spearhead #25Western Asia
1200-800 BC
17.8 cm
(7”)
This spearhead was listed as Syrian. For a similar Persian example:
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik) Pl. X, Fig. 125
Description:
Tapering triangular blade with rounded midrib, nearly square (very slightly deltoid) shoulders, and medium-length tang.Kamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #27NW Iran
(Possibly Marlik)
1200-800 BC
62.5 cm (24.6”) x 65 mm (2.56”)
Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. X, Figs. 129 and 130
Cf. Piller (Untersuchungen zur relative Chronologie der Nekropole von Marlik), Table XV (Lanzenspitzen mit Tüllen und Tüllenimitationen), Figure 6, Type IV.B (page 292)
Description:
Large spearhead with long socket progressing from circular to rectangular cross-section, leaf-shaped blade.
Ex-Private collection, Paris, FranceKamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #28NW Iran
(Possibly Marlik)
1200-800 BC
23 cm (9”)
Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Fig. 47 (page 75)
Piller (Untersuchungen zur relative Chronologie der Nekropole von Marlik), Table XV (Lanzenspitzen mit Tüllen und Tüllenimitationen), Figure 4, Type IV.A (page 292)
Description:
Long, hollow cylindrical socket (damaged at end); two bands encircling socket to help secure spearhead to shaft; incised horizontal lines near rounded shoulders; pronounced circular-sectioned midrib tapering toward point; small losses.Kamnaskires
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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.Kamnaskires
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AE Sword #02Northwestern Iran
2nd millennium BC
54.5cm (21 ½”)
Cf. Malloy 55 (for similar guard)
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran), 397i (similar guard)
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum) Plate 7, # 61 (for similar guard); Fig. 8, #63 (for similar blade)
Description:
Long tapering shape, heavy guards with sides protecting top of blade, handle lost.
Ex-Private collection, Essex, UKKamnaskires
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Iron Mask Sword #1Luristan
9th - 8th century BC
44.45 cm (17 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 (details shown left and right in image), two molded cords on grip, guard adorned on each side with a couchant predator (difficult to make out in this specimen, details at bottom), blade set at 90-degrees to handle. Rare – there are an estimated 90 extant examples of this variety.
For more information, see:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=119753.msg760751#msg760751
Kamnaskires
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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'sKamnaskires
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