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LOT 1553
Western Asiatic Polished Stone Macehead
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 in. (404 grams, 76 mm).
Piriform in profile with drilled socket expanding towards the narrower end.
Provenance
From the collection of North West London, UK, gentleman, early 2000s.
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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