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LOT 1545
Bronze Age Sickle Blade
CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 5/8 in. (150 grams, 17 cm).
A lanceolate blade with ribbed detail on upper surface, plain reverse; a fixing peg formed from the casting sprue at the broad end. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Cummings collection, UK, 1990s.
Literature
Cf. The British Museum, museum number WG.283, for similar.
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