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LOT 1089
Western Asiatic Stone Macehead
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/4 in. (310 grams, 83 mm).
With plain globular body and circular short shaft.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990-2000s.
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.
See Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, pl.XXX, no.47, mace of a deity, detail of the image on the “Stela of Kites” Eanatuma, Ngirsu, mid-3rd millennium B.C.
FootnotesThe mace in the Middle East was of great importance, and widely used in fighting activities at the end of the 4th millennium B.C. Many maces of simple spherical or pear-shaped profile have been found there, and they were quickly utilised by the military commanders as symbol of power and rank; limestone maces are still attested in the Marlik culture of 14th-10th century B.C.
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LOT 1089
Western Asiatic Stone Macehead
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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