Object class: Arrowheads (lithic projectile points) / Accession year: [Missing] - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Arrowhead, accession number 9-16769, described as Arrow. Trilobate socketed. Partial loss of tang and losses on one blade edge. L. 3.4 cm. rilobed, 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.

Hearst Museum object titled Arrowhead, accession number 9-16962, described as Arrowhead, flint, serrated, hollow base notch 2.5 cm length.

Hearst Museum object titled Arrowhead, accession number 9-16960, described as Arrowhead, flint, serrated, hollow base notch 2.75 cm length.

Hearst Museum object titled Arrowhead, accession number 9-16776, described as Arrowhead. Unbarbed, broad, leaf-shaped blade; squarte sectional tang. Total L. 5.7 cm. L of tange 3.2 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Arrowhead, accession number 9-16775, described as Arrowhead. Broad ovate blade; no mid-rib; square sectioned tang. Total L. 6.5 cm; L.of tang 4.0cm

Hearst Museum object titled Arrowhead, accession number 9-16772, described as Arrowhead. Deltoid blade, square sectioned tang, tapering to a point. High rounded mid-rib. Green patina. Corrosive losses at lower corners of blade. Total L. 7.4 cm; L.of tang 3.0 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 9-16774, described as Arrowhead. Slightly barbed; broad leaf-shaped, thickened mid-section; round tapering tang. Green patina. Total L. 8.0 cm; L. of tang 5.6 cm.

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 6-20833, described as Bronze or copper arrowhead. XII Dynasty, Middle Empire