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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.
Provenance
Ex 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.
Literature
See Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, pl.XXX, no.47.
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