South Arabian spears

kahnjar1 · 28th November 2018, 05:44 AM

Hi Colin,
Interesting items indeed. Are you able to provide provenance linking these firmly to Arabia?
There is a short chapter in Elgoods's Arms and Armour of Arabia dealing with Lances and Spears, but the suggestion there is that the length of these is a good deal more than those illustrated in your Post (Quote "at least 12ft long). I have seen somewhere in a book, a pic of Arabian spears but for now I can not locate it. Mention of Arabian spears in general seems very sparce.
Nice items........
Stu

28th November 2018, 05:44 AM	#2
kahnjar1 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND Posts: 2,811	Hi Colin, Interesting items indeed. Are you able to provide provenance linking these firmly to Arabia? There is a short chapter in Elgoods's Arms and Armour of Arabia dealing with Lances and Spears, but the suggestion there is that the length of these is a good deal more than those illustrated in your Post (Quote "at least 12ft long). I have seen somewhere in a book, a pic of Arabian spears but for now I can not locate it. Mention of Arabian spears in general seems very sparce. Nice items........ Stu Last edited by kahnjar1; 28th November 2018 at 08:48 AM.

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