LOT 1379 Marlik Spearhead with Pronounced Ridge
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14th-10th century B.C. A heavy bronze spearheadprising an oval blade with gently curved shoulders and strong midrib, flat rectangular-section tang tapering to a curved end. See similar spearhead in Khorasani M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, item 270, for type and p.241. 432 grams, 45.8 cm (18 in.). Ex Abelita family collection, 1980-2015. The spearhead belongs to the type V of the heavy spearheads, similar to the ones excavated by Dr. Negahban in Tomb 47 (Trench XXIIE) of the Marlik necropolis. The heavy spearheads, cast in one piece, usually have an oval blade with rounded gently curved shoulders and a rounded midrib near the tang.
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