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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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