‡ A LURISTAN COPPER ALLOY SPEARHEAD, 1300-900 B.C.

In excavated condition, for…

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‡ A LURISTAN COPPER ALLOY SPEARHEAD, 1300-900 B.C. in excavated condition, formed in one piece, with broad leaf-shaped blade formed with a long low medial ridge on each face (one edge bent for a small portion of its length), slender tang with characteristic right-angular terminal with swollen tip, 42.4 cm overall See Khorasani 2006, p. 625, cat. 270.

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‡ A LURISTAN COPPER ALLOY SPEARHEAD, 1300-900 B.C.

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