Arrowhead

Museum number:
9-16772
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090016772
Accession number:
Acc.3776
Description:
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.
Donor:
Bruno A. Schiro and Mary R. Schiro
Collection place:
Iran (Persia)
Verbatim coll. place:
Iran, late 2nd early 1st millennium BC
Collector:
Bruno A. Schiro and Mary R. Schiro
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Arrowheads (arrow components) and Arrowheads (lithic projectile points)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 72 millimeters, width 15 millimeters, and length 8 millimeters
Images:
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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.

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