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LOT 1402

Western Asiatic Bronze Flat Axe

4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.

7 1/4 in. (138 grams, 18.5 cm).

Formed with a rounded butt and slightly flared cutting edge; flat in cross-section. [No Reserve]

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 type of flat axes appeared in the last phase of the Late Chalcolithic Age. Flat axes without lugs were used as cutting tools or in war. In the later examples the sides of the blades was gradually widening towards the convex cutting edge.

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LOT 1402

Western Asiatic Bronze Flat Axe

Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

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