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AE Sword #0193 viewsNorthwestern Iran, Talish area
1200-800 BC
45.5cm (18”)
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Fig. 165 (page 99)
Cf. Watson (Luristan Bronzes in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery), Fig. 16, #54 (page 24)
Description:
Tapering ribbed blade, round shoulders, rat-tail tang, tip missing and end bent (possibly a deliberate act in antiquity).
From an old Cambridge collectionKamnaskires
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AE Dirk #0180 viewsNorthwestern 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 #0272 viewsWestern 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 Dagger #0167 viewsCanaanite
early to mid 2nd millennium BC
17cm (6.7”)
Description:
This dagger blade is from the Shlomo Zeitsov collection. It was sold by the collector’s nephew, who reports that it was found in Israel. It is tang-less and has three rivet holes, of which only one remains fully encircled by bronze.
Ex-Shlomo Zeitsov collectionKamnaskires
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AE Dagger #0464 viewsNorthwestern Iran (probably Luristan)
1200-800 BC
32cm (12.6”)
Cf. Khorasani (Bronze and Iron Weapons from Luristan), Fig. 2 (page 212)
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 6, #50; (also illustrated on page 70)
Cf. Overleat (The Early Iron Age in the Pusht-I Kuh, Luristan), Fig. 184, #KT.A6-19 (page 216)
Description:
Flanged hilt with no wood or ivory remaining, single rivet hole in wedge-shaped pommel, low broad midrib, blade and hilt cast in one piece.
From an old British collection, acquired in the 1970sKamnaskires
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AE Dagger #1063 viewsWestern 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 Dagger #0261 viewsWestern 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 #0361 viewsWestern Asia (possibly Luristan)
1200-800 BC
33cm (13")
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 379
Cf. Malloy (Weapons: Ancient and Medieval Art and Antiquities), Fig. 53
Cf. Medvedskaya ("Iran: Iron Age I"), Fig. 9, #14 (Luristan Type III)
Cf. Overleat (The Early Iron Age in the Pusht-I Kuh, Luristan), Pl. 89 (Kutal-i Gulgul, tomb A9), Fig. A9-60
Description:
Flanged hilt with no wood or ivory remaining, blade and hilt cast in one piece.Kamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #1158 viewsWestern 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 #0957 viewsWestern 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 #08 (or dagger blade?)56 viewsWestern 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 #1055 viewsWestern 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 #1354 viewsNorthwestern 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 #05 (or dagger blade?)53 viewsWestern Asia (possibly Luristan)
1200-800 BC
26.9cm (10.6”)
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 5, Fig. 40
Description:
Triangular blade, square shoulders, broad flat rib, rivet hole in long tang.Kamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #01 (or dagger blade?)52 viewsWestern 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 #1252 viewsWestern 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 Arrowhead #0151 viewsNorthwestern Iran
1200-800 BC
12.5cm (4.9”)
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 390
Cf. Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran: The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period), Cat. 451
Description:
This arrowhead was part of lot 27 in Christies Sale 5524, Axel Guttman Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, Part 2, London, April 2004. The lot (“A LARGE COLLECTION OF NORTH-WEST PERSIAN BRONZE ARROWHEADS. 2ND/EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.”) consisted of an ancient bronze bowl with sculptural handles, filled to the brim with arrowheads of this type. A number of the arrowheads have since appeared on the market. Each is similar, with elongated deltoid head and long tang.
Ex-Axel Guttmann Collection, Lot 27 (part of) Christies Sale 5524, Axel Guttman Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, Part 2, 28 April 2004.
From Ancientresource.com:
“Axel Guttmann was the most famous collector of ancient militaria in the modern era, actually creating his own museum in Berlin to display his enormous collection.”Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #0249 viewsWestern 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 Spearhead #02 (or dagger blade?)49 viewsWestern 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 #06 (or dagger blade?)49 viewsWestern 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 Arrowhead #0348 viewsWestern 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 #0848 viewsWestern 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 Spearhead #07 (or dagger blade?)48 viewsWestern 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 #0446 viewsWestern 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 Sword #0244 viewsNorthwestern 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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AE Spearhead #03 (or dagger blade?)43 viewsWestern 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 Dagger #0543 viewsNorthwestern 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 Spearhead #1541 viewsNorthwestern 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 Hilt #0241 viewsNorthwestern 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 Arrowhead #0438 viewsNorthwestern 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 #10 (or spearhead?)37 viewsWestern 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 Hilt #0137 viewsNorthwestern 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 Arrowhead #0636 viewsWestern 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 #0736 viewsWestern Asia (likely Iran)
1200-800 BC
15.5cm (6.1”)
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 390 (see arrowhead at approximately 10:00 in circular layout)
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Fig. 400
Description:
Triangular bilobate ribbed head with stem and long tang.Kamnaskires
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AE Dirk #0335 viewsWestern 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 Dagger #0634 viewsWestern Asia
1200-800 BC
24.8cm (9.75”)
Description:
Blade and hilt cast in one piece, open guard that tapers to grip, grip broken, blade edges slightly concave along their lengths.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #05 (or spearhead?)33 viewsWestern 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 Spearhead #14 (or dagger blade?)33 viewsWestern 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 #16 (or dagger blade?)32 viewsNorthwestern 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 Spear Butt (Counterpoise) #0132 viewsWestern Asia (likely NW Iran)
Early first millennium BC
22.3cm (8.8”)
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Figs. 518-519
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)
Description:
Socketed, square cross-section above cylindrical socket, tapered toward tip, tip broken, triangular motifs at middle.
Kamnaskires
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AE Dagger #0932 viewsLuristan
c. 1000 BC
36.8cm (14.5")
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 6, Fig. 51
Description:
Lower portion of hilt cast in imitation of an inlaid flanged hilt, complete with guard flanges, pommel divided into two semicircular "ears," broad flat midrib down the blade.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #0929 viewsWestern 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 #1129 viewsNorthwestern 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 Spear Butt (Counterpoise) #0229 viewsWestern Asia (likely NW Iran)
Early first millennium BC
22.6cm (8.9”)
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:
Grooved and cylindrical socket ornamented with raised studs, square cross-section above socket, base of socket and tip broken.Kamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #17 (or dagger blade?)28 viewsWestern 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 Spear Butt (Counterpoise) #0328 viewsWestern Asia (likely NW Iran)
Early first millennium BC
18.1cm (7.13”)
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Figs. 518-519
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)
Description:
Socketed, tapered, tip broken, band of raised studs near socket, triangular motifs higher up, some encrustations.Kamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #19 (or dagger blade?)27 viewsWestern 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 Dagger #0827 viewsWestern Asia (possibly Luristan)
1200-800 BC
29.7cm (11.7")
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 379
Cf. Medvedskaya ("Iran: Iron Age I"), Fig. 9, #14 (Luristan Type III)
Cf. Overleat (The Early Iron Age in the Pusht-I Kuh, Luristan), Pl. 89 (Kutal-i Gulgul, tomb A9), Fig. A9-60
Description:
Flanged hilt with no wood or ivory remaining, hilt tapering down to splayed end, blade and hilt cast in one piece.Kamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #2026 viewsNW 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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Iron Mask Sword #126 viewsLuristan
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
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AE Spearhead #18 (or dagger blade?)25 viewsWestern 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 Arrowhead #1725 viewsWestern 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 #18 (or spearhead?)25 viewsWestern Asia (likely Iran)
1200-800 BC
12.4cm (4.9”)
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 8, Fig. 65 (also illustrated on page 85)
Cf. Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran, The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period), Cat. 445
Description:
Bilobate ribbed head, sharper tapering near point, with barbs and long tang.Kamnaskires
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AE Spear Butt (Counterpoise) #0425 viewsWestern Asia (likely NW Iran)
Early first millennium BC
17.2cm (6.8”)
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Figs. 518-519
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)
Description:
Socketed, tapered, tip broken, band of raised studs near socket, double band of studs higher up, circular cross-section for full length.Kamnaskires
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AE Dagger #0725 viewsLuristan
1200-800 BC
23.5cm (9.25”)
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 5, Fig. 40 (also illustrated on page 67)
Description:
Triangular blade, wide and flat thickened center.
Ex-John F. Piscopo collection.
Previously sold in the John F. Piscopo Collection Pre-Auction Sale, December 5th, 2008, lot #3050-10.
Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #1424 viewsWestern 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 #1524 viewsWestern 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.
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AE Arrowhead #1623 viewsWestern Asia (likely Iran)
1200-800 BC
11.43cm (4.5”)
Cf. Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran), #445
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 390
Description:
Triangular bilobate ribbed head, short stem, medium length tang.Kamnaskires
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AE Dagger #1223 viewsWestern Iran, likely Luristan or Elam
Late 3rd to 2nd millennium BC
24 cm (9.4”)
Cf. Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran), type 3.2.3.a, Fig. 9, p. 56, as well as Cat. 2
Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 376, #3
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 5, Fig. 45
Description:
Leaf shaped blade cast separately from hilt; hilt cast hollow with decoration in relief; curved guard.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #1322 viewsWestern 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 Hilt #0322 viewsLuristan
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 Arrowhead #2020 viewsNorthwestern 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 Dirk #0420 viewsWestern 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 Sword #0420 viewsNW Iran, possibly Amlash
10th to 9th century BC
54.76 cm (21.56”)
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.
Cf. Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran), Cat. 29
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 397 d & f.
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 8, Fig. 63 (also illustrated on page 82). Moorey’s example has a bronze hilt and iron blade, whereas this example is completely bronze.
Description:
Cast bronze sword with “double-ear” pommel, square cross-section through grip, rectangular guard with square shoulders and V-shaped depression.
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AE Arrowhead #1219 viewsNorthwestern 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 #1919 viewsNorthwestern 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.
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AE Spear Butt (Counterpoise) #0519 viewsWestern 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.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #2918 viewsNorthwestern 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 Dagger #1118 viewsNW Iran
(Deylaman/Dailaman region of Gilan, possibly Amlash)
9th – 8th century BC
39.4 cm (l) x 61 mm (w)
(15.5” x 2.4”)
Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran), Fig. 26, p. 61
Medvedskaya ("Iran: Iron Age I"), Fig. 9, VIII
Description:
Concave edges in upper part of blade that become sharp spikes on either side of a short tang. While some sellers have listed this rare type of ancient Iranian blade as a spearhead, researchers usually call them daggers (Medvedskaya, “Iran: Iron Age I”, p. 75). This type has been excavated from tombs in and around Amlash in NW Iran, and is datable based on adjacent fibulae.
Ex-Old British Collection formed in the 1980s
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AE Dagger #1317 viewsNW Iran, Possibly Amlash
1200 – 800 BC
40.6 cm (16”)
Cf. Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran), Cat. 34 (for similar penannular guard)
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 393 (for similar blade and penannular guard)
Cf. Rafiei-Alavi (The Biography of a Dagger Type: The Diachronic Transformation of the Daggers with the Crescent-Shaped Guard), fig. 11 (Iron Age II daggers), two at lower left with exposed tangs, from Toul-e Talesh
Description:
Mold-cast blade with wide, flat midrib; penannular guard; hilt cast upon blade via lost wax process; tip of tang exposed at upper end of grip.
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AE Arrowhead #3717 viewsWestern Asia (probably Iran)
1200-800 BC
15.6 cm (6 1/8”)
Cf. Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran), Cat. 467
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Figs. 399, 400
Description:
Elongated triangular head, barbed shoulders, convex sides, pronounced midrib, long tang.Kamnaskires
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AE Sword #0317 viewsLikely Northwestern Iran, Talish area
c. 1000 – 800 BC
51.1 cm (20.1")
This short sword may well be unique in its form and details. However, it has some aspects in common with the following:
Cf. Mahboubian (Art of Ancient Iran: Copper and Bronze), 392 (for somewhat similarly shaped guard and cylindrical grip), 396 (for similar cylindrical grip and missing pommel)
Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 7, Fig. 58 (also illustrated on page 81) for sword with somewhat similarly shaped guard, blade, and grip. (However, the blade of the illustrated specimen has blood channels rather than midrib)
Cf. Rafiei-Alavi (The Biography of a Dagger Type), Figure 11
Description:
Wide-shouldered, tapering blade with thick midrib; elliptical penannular guard; slender cylindrical grip with incised linear motifs; pommel missing (may well have been a double-disk/cotton-reel pommel); stable crack through blade at shoulder; abrasions and nicks commensurate with age.
Ex-private San Diego collection
Ex-John F. Piscopo Collection
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AE Arrowhead #2716 viewsNorthwestern Iran
1200-800 BC
10.16cm (4”)
Cf. Malloy (Weapons: Ancient and Medieval Art and Antiquities), Fig. 72 (Described as Neo-Elamite, 750-600 BC)
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Fig. 416
Cf. Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran: The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period), Cat. 467
Description:
Deltoid barbed blade with high rib, medium length tang.
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AE Arrowhead #2115 viewsNorthwestern 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 #2815 viewsNorthwestern 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 Spearhead #2415 viewsMarlik (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 Arrowhead #2214 viewsIran (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 #2414 viewsNorthwestern Iran
1200-800 BC
13.8cm (5.5”)
Cf. Malloy (Weapons: Ancient and Medieval Art and Antiquities), Fig. 93
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 (several similar in the illustration)
Description:
Lanceolate shaped blade, stem, long square-sectioned tang tapering to a point.Kamnaskires
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AE Arrowhead #3014 viewsNorthwestern 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 Spearhead #2814 viewsNW 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 Arrowhead #2313 viewsNorthwestern 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 #2513 viewsNorthwestern 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 #2613 viewsNorthwestern Iran
1200-800 BC
82.6mm (3.25”)
Cf. Malloy (Weapons: Ancient and Medieval Art and Antiquities), Fig. 91
Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Fig. 410 (Blade shape slightly different, but close)
Description:
Wide, deltoid rounded head, long tang (possibly broken).Kamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #2113 viewsWestern 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 Arrowhead #3113 viewsOld Babylonian – Neo-Elamite
1500–1000 BC
57mm (2 ¼”)
Cf. Malloy (Weapons: Ancient and Medieval Art and Antiquities), Fig. 86
Cf. Petrie (Tools and Weapons), Plate XLI, Fig. 2-3
Description:
Somewhat ovate head, medium-length tang (possibly broken), hammered flat from cut sheet.Kamnaskires
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Iron Dagger #0113 viewsParthian? Early Sassanian?
Possibly from northern or northwestern Iran
c. 1st – early 4th century AD?
22.86 cm (9 1/16”)
Cf. Khorasani (Arms and Armor from Iran), Cat. 56-60 (Parthian daggers), Cat. 54-55 (Parthian swords), Cat. 61-62 (Early Sassanian swords)
Cf. Farrokh, Karamian, Kiapi, Lojandi (Graves, Crypts and Parthian Weapons Excavated from the Gravesites of Vestemin), fig. 4 (sword), figs. 8-9 (daggers)
Cf. Farrokh, Karamian, Delfan, Astaraki (Preliminary Reports of the Late Parthian or Early Sassanian Relief at Panj-e Ali, the Parthian Relief at Andika, and Examinations of Late Parthian Swords and Daggers), figs. 21-24 (swords), fig. 25 (dagger)
Description:
Blade and quillon both made of iron. Although the dagger was listed by the seller as Roman, its form closely matches daggers and swords of the late Parthian and early Sassanian periods in Iran.
Ex- German private collection, 1950’s-1970’s, then part of a USA private collection through 2022.Kamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #2713 viewsNW 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 Arrowhead #3212 viewsSumerian, Susa
c. 2000 BC
70mm (2.75")
Cf. Petrie Tools, XLI 30
Description:
Cast, flat bladed, with broad, slight rib.Kamnaskires
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AE Spearhead #2312 viewsWestern 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 Arrowhead #3312 viewsElam
Neo-Elamite II or III period:
c. 750 – 600 BC
50 mm (2”)
Description:
Bent trilobate head, long flattened tang, sand patina.Kamnaskires
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