LOT 1311 Achaemenid incendiary Arrowhead
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6th-4th century BC. A bronze socketted openwork arrowhead, rhombic head, triangular medial projection widened to the short socket. See similar rhombic heads in Schmidt, E.F., Persepolis II, Contents of the Treasury and other discoveries, Oriental Institute Publications Volume LXIX, Chicago,1957, pl.76,no.8; Muscarella, O.W., Bronze and Iron Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, pp.213-214, no.322. 2.8 grams, 35mm (1 1/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired on the UK art market; previously in a UK private collection before 2000. The Persians used the bow to forge their empire. They would have used bronze or iron arrows of various types and which varied in length from three to four centimetres. Many were trilobite in shape, varying from the simple triangular head, the leaf-shaped head or the triangular head with a square section, tang and directional plumes. The rhombic shape was a prerogative of the Achaemenian arrowsmiths, and this particular specimen, with an openwork body, was intended for use an incendiary weapon. Condition Report Fine condition.
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