בידספיריט | A BABYLONIAN ROYAL INSCRIBED BRONZE

A BABYLONIAN ROYAL INSCRIBED BRONZE ARROWHEAD. - Iron Age II, 1003 - 987 BCE. 7.0 cm. The cuneiform inscription reads: ”(Property) of E-ulmash-shumi, king of the world” (Ruler of Babylon). With very nice black patina and in very good condition. For a similar arrowhead of the same king see: P.R.S. Moorey, ”Ancient Persian Bronzes; in the Adam Collection”, 1974:52.