Massive bronze lance head from the Holy Land
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Object number
AR2672B
| Object: |
Spear or lance head
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| Material: |
Massive bronze
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| Date: |
About 13th - 9th century BC Late Bronze Age - early Iron Age |
| Description: |
Blade shaped as a triangular leaf. With pronounced midrib and a pair of rivet holes near the base.
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| Size: |
Length 283 mm, width 48 mm, height 7 mm
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| Condition: |
Nicely preserved, solid piece with attractive patina.
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| Provenienz: |
Acquired 2019 in a US American auction house. Ex private collection A.P. (Hudson, Massachusetts), inherited in this from the parents. Acquired from the Archaeological Shop at the Tel Aviv Hilton Hotel, Israel, in 1968 or 1969, as part of a larger collection.
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| Literature: |
R. Gonen, Weapons of the Ancient World. Littlehampton Book Services Ltd. (1975) H. Born, Restaurierung antiker Bronzewaffen. Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Band II. Zabern Verlag (Mainz, 1993). |
| Authenticity: |
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