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AE Spearhead #12
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Western 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.
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