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Hearst Museum object titled Arrowhead, accession number 9-16787, described as Arrowhead. Tapering pyramidal shape with square sectioned tang; tapering flat at end. Green patina. Total L. 11.2 cm; L. of tang 6.5 cm. Wide distribution in western Persia: Talish, Khurvin, Marlik, Dailaman; into Kurdistan-Ziwiyeh and Bit Sorgh; and on plateau at Sialk. This type of arrowhead becaused of its weight and small surface would be particularly suitable for piercing armor.
Hearst Museum object titled Arrowhead, accession number 9-16778, described as Arrohead. Deltoid blade, square sectional tang, tapaering to a point. High rounded mid-rib. Green patina. Total L. 11.5 cm. L. of Tang 5.2 cm Arrowheads of the deltoid form are widely distributed in Western Persia from the late 2nd Early 1st millennium B.C. aand are presursors of the winged arrowheads which have the same distribution: Persian Talish, Dailaman, Marlik, Amlash, Khurvin; in Kurdistan Bit Sorgh; cemetery B from Sialk and in Lursitan.
Hearst Museum object titled Arrowhead, accession number 9-16782, described as Arrohead. Deltoid blade; square sectional tang tapering to a point. High rounded mid-rib. Green patina. L. 16.5 cm; L. of tang 9.2 cm Arrowheads of the deltoid form are widely distributed in Western Persia from the late 2nd Early 1st millennium B.C. aand are presursors of the winged arrowheads which have the same distribution: Persian Talish, Dailaman, Marlik, Amlash, Khurvin; in Kurdistan Bit Sorgh; cemetery B from Sialk and in Lursitan.
Hearst Museum object titled Arrowhead, accession number 9-16779, described as Arrowhead. Ovate blade, thickened mid-rib; square sectional tang. Green patina. Total L. 11.0 cm. L. of tang 5.5 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Arrowhead, accession number 9-16771, described as Arrowhead. Barbed deltoid blade; square sectioned tang tapering to a point. Rounded mid-rib. Green patina. Corrosive losses at edges of blade and near tip of tang. Max.L. 7.6 cm.; L.of tang:3.7 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Arrowhead, accession number 9-16784, described as Arrowhead. Barbed deltoid, tapering to near round point. Thickened mid-rib; end possibly lost from tang. Green patina. Total L. 8.0 cm; L. of tang 2.6 cm. Arrowheads of the deltoid form are widely distributed in Western Persia from the late 2nd Early 1st millennium B.C. aand are presursors of the winged arrowheads which have the same distribution: Persian Talish, Dailaman, Marlik, Amlash, Khurvin; in Kurdistan Bit Sorgh; cemetery B from Sialk and in Lursitan.
Hearst Museum object titled Arrowhead, accession number 9-16773, described as Arrowhead. Deltoid blade; square sectioned tang, tapering to a point. High rounded mid-rib. Green patina. Total L. 6.2 cm.; L. of tang 2.8 cm
Hearst Museum object titled Arrowhead, accession number 9-16777, described as Arrowhead. Near triangular-shaped blade, no mid-rib; square sectioned tang with end lost. Green patina. Total L. 4.5 cm; L. of tang 1.8 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Arrowhead, accession number 9-16786, described as Arrowhead. Barbed deltoid blade with prominent mid-rib; in section, square tang, tip now lost. Corrosive losses on one cutting edge and loss of one barb. Green patina. Parallel lines interspaced with X’s carved on both lower halves of mid-rib. Total L. 10. 6 cm. Tang 4.0 cm. Arrowheads of the deltoid form are widely distributed in Western Persia from the late 2nd Early 1st millennium B.C. aand are presursors of the winged arrowheads which have the same distribution: Persian Talish, Dailaman, Marlik, Amlash, Khurvin; in Kurdistan Bit Sorgh; cemetery B from Sialk and in Lursitan.
Hearst Museum object titled Arrowhead, accession number 9-16765, described as Arrowhead; trilobate, socketed. Tang pierced for rivet. Green patina. Trilobed, socketed arrowheads are widely distributed in NE Iran. The form may have developed in Trans-Caucasia. In Anatolia the archaeological context suggests an association with the Cimmerians in the late 8th or early 7th century B.C. In Persia they are reported from Zindan, Hasanlu, Ziweyeh; outside graves and cemeteries at Sialk “B” and from Bab Jan. Other sites, including Hasanlu, have yielded additional arrowheads of this type, but from unknown contexts. L. 3.0 cm.

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