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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bob L., post: 3920462, member: 56976&quot;]Continuing...</p><p><br /></p><p>11.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1033406[/ATTACH]</p><p>AE sword</p><p>Northwestern Iran, Talish area</p><p>1200-800 BC</p><p>45.5cm (18”)</p><p><br /></p><p>Cf. Muscarella (Bronze and Iron, Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Fig. 165 (page 99)</p><p>Cf. Watson (Luristan Bronzes in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery), Fig. 16, #54 (page 24)</p><p><br /></p><p>From an old Cambridge collection</p><p><br /></p><p>Description:</p><p>Tapering ribbed blade, round shoulders, rat-tail tang, tip missing and end bent (possibly a deliberate act in antiquity)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>12.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1033410[/ATTACH]</p><p>AE spearhead</p><p>Western Asia (probably northwestern Iran)</p><p>1200-800 BC</p><p>38.5cm (15.4”)</p><p><br /></p><p>Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. VI, Fig. 80</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex- Johan Dæhnfeldt Collection</p><p><br /></p><p>Description:</p><p>Tapered long blade with prominent midrib, sharper tapering near point, round shoulders</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>13.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1033412[/ATTACH]</p><p>AE spearhead</p><p>Western Asia (probably northwestern Iran, possibly Marlik)</p><p>1200-800 BC</p><p>38.5cm (15.4”)</p><p><br /></p><p>Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. VI, Figs. 79, 80</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex- Johan Dæhnfeldt Collection</p><p><br /></p><p>Description:</p><p>Ovate blade with curved shoulders, sharper tapering near point, flat midrib, and squared-sectioned tang</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>14.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1033413[/ATTACH]</p><p>AE spearhead or dagger blade</p><p>Western Asia (possibly northwestern Iran, possibly Marlik)</p><p>1200-800 BC</p><p>30cm (11.8”)</p><p><br /></p><p>Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. IX, Fig. 116</p><p>Cf. Piller (Untersuchungen zur relative Chronologie der Nekropole von Marlik), Table XII, Type IB (page 289)</p><p><br /></p><p>Description:</p><p>Rounded shoulders, pronounced midrib, rivet hole in tang</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>15.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1033414[/ATTACH]</p><p>AE spearhead</p><p>Northwestern Iran</p><p>Mid-2nd millennium BC</p><p>24.5cm (9.6”)</p><p><br /></p><p>Cf. Negahban (Weapons from Marlik), Pl. XI, Fig. 139</p><p>Cf. Moorey (Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum), Pl. 5, Fig. 41 (type also illustrated on page 67)</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex. Johan Dæhnfeldt Estate Collection</p><p><br /></p><p>Description:</p><p>Triangular socketed blade, pronounced midrib, high shoulders[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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