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LOT 1487

Luristan Bronze Socketted Axehead

1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

6 in. (364 grams, 15.2 cm).

With slender socketted shaft, thick blade broadening towards the cutting edge. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From an old Carmarthen, UK, collection; acquired 1950s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

Literature

Cf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, pl.XIX, no.68, from Susa.

CONDITION

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LOT 1487

Luristan Bronze Socketted Axehead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

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