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LOT 1235
Mesopotamian Cream Stone Macehead
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/4 in. (417 grams, 96 mm).
With slightly carinated equator to the globular body and tubular shaft.
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.
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LOT 1235
Mesopotamian Cream Stone Macehead
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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