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LOT 1577
Western Asiatic Stone Macehead
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 in. (342 grams, 75 mm).
Tubular in form with tapering profile and balustered socket.
Provenance
From the collection of a London, UK, gentleman, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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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