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LOT 1333
Mesopotamian Mottled Black Stone Macehead
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/2 in. (563 grams, 88 mm).
Piriform with narrow socket, shallow lip to the socket's mouth.
ProvenanceEx 1990s collection and with a central London gallery.
LiteratureCf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, in Russian, see pl.XXXI, no.30, from Armenia, for similar.
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