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LOT 1572
Luristan Socketted Bronze Adze
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 3/8 in. (326 grams, 11.1 cm).
Short tubular socket, perpendicular rectangular-section blade with convex cutting edge. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an old English collection, 1980s.
Literature
Cf. Calmeyer, P., Datierbare Bronzen aus Luristan und Kirmanshah II. Datierbare Gruppen (chronologisch geordnet), De Gruyter, 1969, fig.6, p.10, group 2, type A3 a, of the Calmeyer classification.
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