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LOT 0461
Egyptian Hematite Macehead
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/8 in. (323 grams, 54 mm).
Piriform with narrow socket tapering to the socket's mouth.
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Literature
Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Prehistoric Egypt, London, 1920, pl. XXVI, no. 45, for a similar stone macehead.
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