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CIRCA 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 in. (156 grams, 17.7 cm).
Comprising a wedge-shaped blade and piriform handle. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
UK private collection formed before 2000.
Ex North London, UK, gallery.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Gernez, G., L’armament en métal au Proche et Moyen-Orient: des origines a 1750 av. J.C., Paris, 2007, fig.2.3, subtype of flat axes H.1..B, for the type.
FOOTNOTES:
These blades were fitted directly to the handle or via a sheath. Flat axes, whose axis is parallel to that of the handle, often had a rounded edge like in our specimen, or a flared and bevelled edge, while flat adzes have an axis perpendicular to that of the handle and a bevel edge on one side only. Their shape comes directly from the lithic axes of the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods.
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