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LOT 0822
Western Asiatic Stone Macehead
LATE 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/8 in. (621 grams, 87 mm).
Drilled vertically to accommodate a wooden shaft.
ProvenanceAcquired 1960s-1990s.
Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
See Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, pl.XXX, no.4, from the treasure in Nahal Mishmar, end of the 4th millennium B.C., for similar mace head (in bronze) from Palestine.
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