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