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LOT 1145
Western Asiatic Stone Macehead
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/2 in. (493 grams, 89 mm).
Tubular in form with tapering profile and collar above the socket.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, gentleman's collection, 1990s.
LiteratureCf. 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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