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Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
14TH-MID 12TH CENTURY B.C.
6 1/2 in. (441 grams, 16.5 cm).
Triangular flanges rising from the butt to the stop bar; a hollow to both faces below the septum; narrow body expanding to a wide triangular blade with slight flare at the tips. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the London, UK, art market.
From the private collection of a Leicestershire, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
LITERATURE:
See Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, pp.76-84, and figs.56-68, for similar types; Rowlands, M.J., The Production and Distribution of Metalwork in the Middle Bronze Age in Southern Britain, Oxford, 1976.
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