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LOT 1160
Western Asiatic Stone Macehead
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/4 in. (455 grams, 82 mm).
Tubular in form with tapering profile and collar above the socket.
Provenance
Ex London, UK, gentleman's collection, 1990s.
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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