Other pieces made from sheet metal include sheets for the front covers of quivers, typically divided vertically into registers with small scenes. There are cups and situlae, both with rounded bottoms. Weapons are common, including a type of "spiked axehead" with spreading strips or spikes behind the axehead; these are also found in miniature votive versions. Some examples seem to have had "spikes" that were designed to be functional in combat, others perhaps not. A kind of long "halberd-axe" has the head of an animal perched at the top of the blade, and spikes on the other side. Pieces of bronze jewellery such as rings, bracelets pendants and arm or anklets are also found. Notes References "EI I" = Muscarella, Oscar White, "Bronzes of Luristan", 1989, Encyclopedia Iranica "EI II" = Overlaet, Bruno, "Luristan bronzes i, the Field Research", 2006, Encyclopedia Iranica "EI III" = Overlaet, Bruno, "Luristan bronzes ii, Chronology", 2006, Encyclopedia Iranica Frankfort, Henri, The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient, Pelican History of Art, 4th ed 1970, Penguin (now Yale History of Art), Muscarella, Oscar White, Bronze and Iron: Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988, Metropolitan Museum of Art, , 9780870995255, Google books Further reading Amiet, P., Les Antiquités du Luristan. Collection David-Weill, Paris, 1976 (many items now in the Louvre) Fleming, S. J., V. C. Pigott, C. P. Swann, and S. K. Nash. Bronze in Luristan: Preliminary analytical evidence from copper/bronze artifacts excavated by the Belgian mission in Iran. Iranica Antiqua: 2005. Ghirshman, R. Iran: from the earliest times to the Islamic conquest. Penguin Books: 1954. Meier-Arendt, W. Bronzen and Keramik aus Luristan und anderen Gebieten Irans im Museum für Vor- and Frühgeschichte. Frankfurt am Main: 1984. Moorey, P. R. S., Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1971. Moorey, P. R. S. Ancient Bronzes from Luristan. British Museum: London, 1974. Overlaet, B. "Luristan Metalwork in the Iron Age", Persia's Ancient Splendour: Mining, Handicraft and Archaeology, Deutsches Bergbau-Museum: Bochum, 2004. Rickenbach, J. Magier mit Feuer und Erz, Bronzekunst der frühen Bergvölker in Luristan, Iran. Museum Rietberg: Zürich, 1992. Zahlhaas, G. Luristan: Antike Bronzen aus dem Iran. Archäologische Staatssammlung München, Museum für Vor-und Frühgeschichte: München, 2002. External links Lorestān bronze weapons and artifacts – World Museum of Man Collection Archaeological artefact types Bronzeware Archaeological discoveries in Iran Lorestan Province Kermanshah Province Ancient Near East art and architecture