Ancient Levantine Bronze Socketed Leaf Arrowhead 40mm Yehud Era COA For Sale

Ancient Judaean / Levantine Bronze Socketed Arrowhead (4cm / 40mm)

Authenticity & Guarantee

• Provenance: Ex-private European collection, legally acquired from international sales; Ancient Judaean / Levantine Sphere.

Item Specifications & Exact Dimensions

• Object: Complete Cast Bronze Leaf-Shaped Socketed Arrowhead (Lanceolate Projectile Point)

• Culture / Period: Yehud Period Judaea / Late Iron Age Levantine Sphere

• Date Range: Circa 5th Century BC – 4th Century BC (c. 400 BC)

• Dimensions: 4.0 cm (40 mm) Total Length

• Material: Cast Bronze (Copper Alloy)

• Form & Architecture: Broad leaf-shaped (lanceolate) blade geometry with subtle central reinforcing swell tapering to a sharp piercing tip; open rolled-socket shank at the base engineered for hafting directly onto a wooden arrow shaft

• Condition: Exceptional, complete ancient condition. Sharp structural profile, fully intact socket casing, preserved under an authentic sandy-buff to pale earthen burial encrustation over a stable green malachite patina. Free of modern restoration or tooling.

Yehud Period Levantine Archery & Bronze Metallurgy

During the 5th and 4th centuries BC, Judaea functioned as an administrative province (Yehud Medinata). Regional garrisons and defensive forces across the Levant utilized cast bronze socketed arrowheads for military operations. The leaf-shaped blade design prioritized aerodynamic flight stability and high impact penetration.

Socketed Lanceolate Projectile Typology

Unlike earlier tanged arrowheads that were inserted into a wood shaft, socketed arrowheads were cast with a hollow base that fitted over the wooden foreshaft. This manufacturing technique prevented the wooden shaft from splitting upon impact, ensuring maximum energy transfer. Cast in durable copper alloy, these arrowheads represent classic late Iron Age to Yehud-era Levantine military equipment.

Typological Analysis & Exact Classification

• Primary Class: Ancient Levantine Military Ordnance / Socketed Arrowhead

• Sub-Class: Lanceolate Leaf-Blade Socketed Class

Comparable Archaeological Examples & Museum Accession Numbers

• Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA Collection, Judean Foothills Excavations): Yehud-period bronze socketed leaf arrowheads.

• British Museum (Accession No. 1880,0510.22): Late Iron Age / Levantine bronze socketed arrowhead.

• Louvre Museum (Inv. No. AO 22104): Ancient Levantine bronze socketed leaf-blade projectile point.

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