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LOT 1498
Western Asiatic Collared Stone Macehead
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/2 in. (396 grams, 88 mm).
Tubular in form with tapering profile and collar above the socket.
Provenance
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990-2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, in Russian, see pl.XXXI, no.30, from Armenia, for similar.
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