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LOT 0262
Elamite Decorated Bronze Axehead
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/4 in. (390 grams, 96 mm).
With a short socketted shaft with hatched panel, triangular-section blade with reeded upper edge, broadening towards the cutting edge.
ProvenanceFrench collection, 1980s.
Acquired on the London art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
Cf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, pl.XIX, no.68, from Susa.
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Luristan Bronze Spearhead Blade
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With rounded shoulders and square-sectioned mid-rib running to the blade tip; short tang with fastening hole. 45 grams, 46.5 cm
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