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LOT 1238

Mesopotamian Black and Grey Mottled Stone Macehead

3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

3 3/4 in. (481 grams, 96 mm).

Piriform in profile with flared tubular socket and flat rim, carination to the bulb.

Provenance

Ex 1990s collection and with a central London gallery.

Literature

See Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, pl.XXX, no.47, mace of a deity, detail of the image on the “Stela of Kites” Eanatuma, Ngirsu, mid-3rd millennium B.C.

CONDITION

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LOT 1238

Mesopotamian Black and Grey Mottled Stone Macehead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

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