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LOT 1213
Western Asiatic Stone Macehead
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 7/8 in. (303 grams, 72 mm).
Piriform with vertical socket expanding towards the narrower end.
Provenance
From the collection of a London, UK, gentleman, 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and 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.XXX, no.89, from Megiddo, for similar.
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