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LOT 1613
Bronze Age Copper Flat Axe
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 in. (226 grams, 12.5 cm).
Formed with a rounded butt and slightly flared cutting edge; flat in cross-section.
Provenance
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Çetin, A., Bilgi, Ö., Weapons of the Protohistoric Age, Istanbul, 1989, figs.21-22, pp.50-51.
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