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LOT 1082
Western Asiatic Piriform Stone Macehead
LATE 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/4 in. (432 grams, 81 mm).
With tapering drilled socket. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a 1990s German collection.
Ex London, UK, gallery.
Cf. Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, in Russian, see pl.XXX, no.14, from Mesopotamia.
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