Lot of 3 Luristan / European Bronze Weapons

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE; Western/Central Europe, Middle Bronze Age, ca. 1300 BCE. A fine collection of three bronze and leaded-bronze pieces that display the different types weaponry from bronze age cultures. The first is an axe head with a long socketing shaft that is set at a ninety degree angle from the trapezoidal blade. The next is a tall spear head with a leaf shaped blade and midrib that runs to a tang that has been shaped with the edges folded inward to create a tubular socket. These two come from the Luristan people, semi-nomadic warriors. The last is a curved blade of a sickle or scythe shape that was perhaps used for utilitarian and agrarian purposes but could perhaps also double as a battlefield weapon. Each weapon variant is covered with a rich green patina! Size (spear): 15.125" L x 1.25" W (38.4 cm x 3.2 cm); (axe): 3.125" L x 2.75" H (7.9 cm x 7 cm)

Provenance: ex-estate of Eldert Bontekoe, Pegasi Numismatics, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA acquired before 2000

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Condition Report: Nicks and chips to peripheries of all. Losses to both ends of the sickle and losses to the spear blade. Rich patina and mineral deposits on all.