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LOT 1064

Western Asiatic Bronze Flat Axe

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

8 in. (178 grams, 20.3 cm).

Flat in cross-section with a convex cutting edge and rounded butt.

Provenance

Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.

Literature

Cf. Çetin, A., Bilgi, Ö., Weapons of the Protohistoric Age, Istanbul, 1989, figs.21-22, pp.50-51.

Footnotes

This flat axe belongs to Type 1, sub-type a.4 of the Çetin-Bilgi classification of flat axes. They have concave-sided blade, rectangular in section, a splayed cutting edge and a narrow butt. The first examples of axe-type weapons appear in the last phase of the Late Chalcolithic Age in the Middle East and Anatolia.

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LOT 1064

Western Asiatic Bronze Flat Axe

Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

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