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Spearheadcirca 1350-1000 B.C.

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Bronze spear or javelin with vivid turquoise patina, leaf-shaped blade with barbed lugs, long tapering shaft, and small hooked terminal at the opposite end

Unknown, Spearhead, circa 1350-1000 B.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Central Asian Art, gift of The Ahmanson Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Spearhead
Place Made
Northern Iran
Date Made
circa 1350-1000 B.C.
Period
Iron Age I-II
Medium
Bronze, cast
Dimensions
Length: 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Central Asian Art, gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.76.97.484
Classification
Arms and Armor
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Ancient
Selected Bibliography
  • Ancient Bronzes, Ceramics, and Seals: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern, Central Asiatic, and European Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1981.

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