Rare Greco-Persian bronze spearbutt, c. 7th.-5th. cent. BC
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Metalwork: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1481788
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Metalwork: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1481788
$375.00
A rare and interesting bronze spear butt for a large lance for hand-to-hand combat, probably Median-Achaemenid, c. 7th.-5th. cent. BC.
The use of this fine spearbutt was known all over the Greco-Persian world in the mid 1st. millenium BC. A spear-butt covers the end of a spear that touches the ground and it would have been used as a weapon also in close combat.
Reff. see a very similar but inscribed Greek spearbutt on view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 155 and dated to c. 500 BC (Accession Number: 38.11.7)
Size: 33 cm.
Condition: Good Very fine, choice and intact. Fine metal with light green patina and some earthern deposits.
Ex. Danish private collection, aquired in the 1990s.
The use of this fine spearbutt was known all over the Greco-Persian world in the mid 1st. millenium BC. A spear-butt covers the end of a spear that touches the ground and it would have been used as a weapon also in close combat.
Reff. see a very similar but inscribed Greek spearbutt on view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 155 and dated to c. 500 BC (Accession Number: 38.11.7)
Size: 33 cm.
Condition: Good Very fine, choice and intact. Fine metal with light green patina and some earthern deposits.
Ex. Danish private collection, aquired in the 1990s.
