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AE Spearhead #19 (or dagger blade?)
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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.
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