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LOT 1380
Luristan Copper Flat Axe
CIRCA 13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
6 3/4 in. (168 grams, 17 cm).
Formed with a squared butt and flared cutting edge; flat in cross-section.
Provenance
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Literature
Cf. Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, item 29; Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B., The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab. IX, vol. 7, Munich, 1981, p.60.
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