Western Asiatic Spearhead
12th-10th century B.C. A bronze spearhead tapering from shoulders to rounded tip; the short tang tapering to end for insertion into a shaft. Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.632, cat.283. 375 grams, 42 cm (16 1/2 in.). Abelita family collection, 1980-2015. This is a type 2 spearhead with a long blade and short tang. The elongated blade had two rivet heads at its base, here effaced by a later restoration. Similar pieces have been excavated in Marlik and Amlash.