Spear Head. Rat tanged, button base. Honed ovate blade with gentle sloping mid-rib. Shaft above circular stop incised with herringbone pattern; minimal thickening at “button” end. 1.5 x 2.0 cm loss on one shoulder. Mottled green patina. Length of blade 25.0 cm; Length of decorated tang 4.6 cm; Length of square tang 10.6 cm; width 5.0 cm.
Donor:
Bruno A. Schiro and Mary R. Schiro
Collection place:
Turkey
Verbatim coll. place:
Iran, Luristan, Final centuries of 2nd millennium B.C. At Tepe Hissar and Turang Tepe occur not later than 1900-1800 BC. Similar form from Turkey late 2nd-3rd mil. Earlier types see Schmidt, Excavations at Tepe Hissar; later types see Negahban, Marlik, 1964.
Collector:
Bruno A. Schiro and Mary R. Schiro
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Spearheads (projectile points) and Spearheads (staff weapon components)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 400 millimeters, width 50 millimeters, and length 12 millimeters