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Lot 93*
A Group Of Various Luristan Bronze WeaponsLate 2nd To Early 1st Millennium B.C.
23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,000 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Group Of Various Luristan Bronze Weapons
Late 2nd To Early 1st Millennium B.C.
Late 2nd To Early 1st Millennium B.C.
All in excavated condition, comprising an axe-head with slender rectangular blade with a medial ridge along the top and bottom, and integral socket of circular section with three pointed projections at the rear; another of flanged form with convex cutting-edge; another of broad flattened form with convex cutting-edge and two blunt lugs at the rear; and another with small triangular head, on modern wooden haft; a dagger with tapering double-edged blade, and waisted integral flanged grip recessed on each side for grip-scales; another, with broad tapering blade, and integral cagework basal mount for securing the grip; and another, with double-edged blade, and slender integral tang bifurcated at the top; nine various spearheads including one of long tapering double-edged form with rounded medial ridge along each side, two each with head of leaf-shaped form with medial ridge along both sides, and one of sharply pointed barbed form with medial ridge on both sides and integral tang; five various arrowheads; and two other items including part of a horse harness composed of three tapering coiled mounts attached to a ring and each with plummet-shaped terminal (23)
8.7 cm. to 58 cm. long
8.7 cm. to 58 cm. long
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Provenance
The Estate of John M. Kauffmann, Maine, U.S.A.








