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Large Luristan Socketted Adze-Axehead Large Luristan Socketted Adze-Axehead Large Luristan Socketted Adze-Axehead
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LOT 1059

Large Luristan Socketted Adze-Axehead

13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

10 1/4 in. (1.43 kg, 26 cm).

With central socket and shaft; cutting blade set vertically at a right-angle; the short pick-adze blade arranged horizontally.

Provenance

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.

Literature

Cf. Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 2, London, 2004, items 21, 34.

Footnotes

The earliest axes-adzes from the 3rd millennium B.C. were weapons and tools furnished with socket holes. Usually the socket is a more secure way of attaching the object to a wooden haft than having a tang. These weapons developed into a plethora of different forms in the 2nd millennium B.C., and the numerous new forms and were used until at least 800 B.C.

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LOT 1059

Large Luristan Socketted Adze-Axehead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £208

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