Amlash Type Spearhead 12th-11th century B.C. A bronze spearhead with a long ovate blade and curved shoulders, broad midrib and a rectangular-section tang, a reinforced shaft opening to reveal the tang and rounded shoulders. See Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, s. cat 280, for type. 400 grams, 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in.). Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. The weapon belongs to the type 1 of the spearhead classification by Khorasani, mainly from Marlik or Amlash areas. Similar pieces have been dated by Stutzinger to 1200-1100 B.C.