Source:
Khonsarinejad, E., Riahiyan Gohorti, R., Tavakoli, S. (2023). "Arrowheads in the cultural-historical property repository of the Administration of Cultural Heritage of Kerman, An Introduction."
Historia i Świat, 12, 73–96.
https://doi.org/10.34739/his.2023.12.05All of these arrowheads were acquired through clandestine activities in
Iran and were confiscated by the authorities in Kerman Province, Southeastern
Iran. They are stored in the cultural-historical property repository of the Administration of Cultural Heritage of Kerman.
Arrowheads 1-9 are
deltoid in form and made of bronze. Dimensions (cm) and notes are provided in the image.
Additional information about some in this group:
#1 – The authors cite a similar
arrowhead from
Assyria, dated to 1200-800 BC. The
type was also used during that same period in
Egypt, according to
Malloy.
#2 – The authors cite a similar, though iron,
arrowhead dated to mid-7th century BC from Ayanis,
Turkey.
#3 – The authors cite a similar
arrowhead dated c. 1450-1350 BC from excavations at Agha-Evlar (
Iran). Medvedskaya dates this
type to c. 1250 BC.
#4 – The authors relate this to an
arrowhead from Ayanis, dated late 9th to early 8th century BC.
#6 – The authors cite a similar
arrowhead from
Sarm,
Iran, dated to Iron Age II, 1200-800 BC.