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LOT 1768
Luristan Bronze Socketted Adze-Axehead
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 1/2 in. (741 grams, 19 cm).
Comprising a triangular-section blade with a curved cutting edge and a rectangular-section blade with a gently curving cutting edge flanking a round socket.
Provenance
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
Literature
Cf. Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 2, London, 2004, item 34, p.32.
Footnotes
The adze-axe was a fundamental weapon of many Bronze Age cultures around the world. The form lends itself to dual purposes - for war and peace. As a tool, it was used for fabricating wood; as a weapon, its heavy mass and compact form make it a deadly striking and chopping weapon, even able to defeat light armour.
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