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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.
Provenance
French collection, 1980s.
Acquired on the London art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
Literature
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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