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LOT 1371
Babylonian Bronze Duck-Billed Axehead
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 in. (168 grams, 10.3 cm).
Duck-billed shaft-hole axehead featuring a curved, tongue-shaped blade with two voided 'eyes' and a raised median ridge; repaired.
Provenance
Collected from 1969-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
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.
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