Amlash Tanged Spearhead
12th century B.C. Composed of a tapering leaf-shaped blade with raised midrib, splayed neck and tapering tang. 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.637 grams, 49 cm (19 1/4 in.). Acquired on the London art market, prior to 1980s. The Kusmirek Collection, UK. The weapon belongs to the type 1 of the Khorasani spearhead classification, mainly from Marlik or Amlash areas. Similar pieces have been dated by Stutzinger to 1200-1100 B.C.