AE Spear Butt (Counterpoise) #05

Western 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.