A substantial bronze spearhead with thick central strengthening rib and a tang with rat-tailed buttoned terminal.
 
Luristan area of Western Persia Iron Age I: Circa 1200-1000 BC.
 
Complete and intact; excellent bronze with good patination.
Length 44.2 cms (17.4 ins).
 
For similar spearhead excavated at the Royal tombs, Marlik, see item 78; Weapons From Marlik; Ezat O. Negahban.
 
For a similar type of tang see item 84; Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmoleon Museum by P.R.S. Moorey; Oxford University Press 1971.
 
The term Luristan is a generic term since, as with the vast majority of such pieces, we do not have the detailed information of a specific find site. Similar weaponry has been found in other parts for of the country, for example at the Royal tombs at Marlik to the north of Luristan province of a similar date. However, "Luristan" items are well-documented and we can have recourse to many museum collections as well as detailed descriptions in various publications.