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LOT 1059

Babylonian Bronze Axehead

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

4 1/8 in. (204 grams, 10.5 cm).

A bronze duck-billed shaft-hole axe head featuring a curved, beak-shaped blade with two pierced eyes and a raised median ridge.

Provenance

Acquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private Swiss collection since 1998.

Literature

Cf. Gernez, G., L’armament en métal au Proche et Moyen-Orient: des origines a 1750 av. J.C., Paris, 2007, fig.2.42, type H4b.

CONDITION

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LOT 1059

Babylonian Bronze Axehead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £416

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