Punta de lanza. Luristán, Irán

Spearhead. Luristan, Iran 1000 B.C. ca. .
Bronze.
Measurements: 36.5 cm (h.) .
Luristan also known as Lorestan. Any of the bronze horse ornaments, implements, weapons, jewellery, belt buckles, and ritual and votive objects probably dating to about 1500-500 BC that have been excavated since the late 1920s in the Harsin, Khorram?b?d and Alishtar valleys of the Zagros Mountains in the Lorestan region of western Iran. Their exact origin is unknown. Scholars believe that they were created by the Cimmerians, a nomadic people from southern Russia who may have invaded Iran in the 8th century BC, or by related Indo-European peoples such as the early Medes and Persians.

Este lote puede verse en la Sala de SetdartBarcelona situada en C/Aragón, 346.