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LOT 1381
Mesopotamian Mottled Cream Stone Macehead
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/4 in. (416 grams, 81 mm).
With plain globular body, wide tubular shaft.
ProvenanceEx 1990s collection and with a central London gallery.
LiteratureSee Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, pl.XXX, no.47.
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