Western Asiatic Bronze Leaf-Shaped Spearhead
Early 2nd millennium B.C. Having ovate blade with central rib and slender shoulders, cylindrical short shaft marked by circular grooves broading towards the end, encasing a rectangular tang with a bent end. Cf.Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg (2003), pl.XXXIII no.82 (Tepe-Hissar, layer IIIC) for similar weapon; 134 grams, 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.).

Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.

In the 3rd millennium until the first half of the 2nd millennium in the Near and Middle East, in India, the Caucasus and Central Asia, a stalked tip was used for the spear heads, and this model developed in Mesopotamia in the middle of the 3rd millennium B.C. The main types were with a facetted blade on a volumetric pin and a leaf-shaped blade on a flat handle with holes for rivets. The same models spread almost unchanged to the Caucasus, Anatolia and Bactria.