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LOT 1141
Western Asiatic Bronze Flat Axe
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 1/4 in. (264 grams, 18.5 cm).
Trapezoid blade with narrow butt and curved cutting edge, rectangular in cross-section.
ProvenanceEx Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
LiteratureCf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 17.10, for type.
FootnotesThis was one of the commonest tool types in the Early and Middle Cypriot Bronze Age, but rarer in the Late Bronze Age. These axes were fixed to a wooden shaft with thongs.
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LOT 1141
Western Asiatic Bronze Flat Axe
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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