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Selection of Luristan / Amlash Arrowheads browse these categories for related items... All Items: Near East: Luristanian: Pre AD 1000: item #588304
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Luristan is a vast area in the western Iranian plateau that lends its name to bronze artifacts found in the region. The creators of these superior bronzes are unknown due to a lack of data that can attribute them to a known culture or era. As a result, they are typically attributed to a variety of peoples, including the Medes, Kassites, Cimmerians, Hurrians, or Achaemenid Persians, all of whom occupied the region between 1500-700 B.C.
Large, heavy arrowheads of this type are common to sites within the Luristan and Amlash regions. See PRS Moorey's "Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum" or Houshang Mahboubian's "Art of Ancient Iran: Copper & Bronze" for multiple parallel examples. All three of these arrowheads feature a tang that would have slid into the shaft of the arrow to hold the head in place. AGE: 12th-8th century B.C. CONDITION: All intact and stable with a nice patina. The arrowhead shown at the bottom of the photo has one small chip to the edge as shown. DIMENSIONS: From 5.4" (top) to 4.9" (middle) in length (13.7-12.5 cm) DIMENSIONS: 4.75" long |
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