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LOT 1483
Western Asiatic Stone Macehead
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 in. (370 grams, 75 mm).
With plain globular body, circular short shaft expanding to a circular flat base.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990-2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
See Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, pl.XXX, no.47.
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