Object Description
A Luristan cast bronze spear-point featuring a leaf-shaped double-edged blade with wide rounded shoulders, a substantial flat midrib and straight elegant shank of approximately the same length as the blade, flaring into a square-section tail, which ends with left-angled bend of a thinner tang. This ‘rat-tail’ construction inserted into a wooden shaft reduced further splitting upon use. Spearheads of this type are more commonly found in the territories of ancient Western Persia (modern Iran) and were used through the late Bronze Age into the Early Iron Age.
Date: Circa 1200-800 BC