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LOT 1162
Western Asiatic Black Stone Macehead
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/8 in. (439 grams, 80 mm).
Piriform with vertical socket expanding towards the narrower end.
Provenance
Ex London, UK, gentleman's collection, 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, in Russian, see pl.XXX, no.89, from Megiddo, for similar.
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