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LOT 1505
Western Asiatic Stone Macehead
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 5/8 in. (342 grams, 67 mm).
Piriform with vertical socket expanding towards the narrower end.
Provenance
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990-2000s.
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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