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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.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, gentleman's collection, 1990s.
LiteratureCf. 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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