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LATE 3RD-EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
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AN ELAMITE BRONZE AXE HEAD
LATE 3RD-EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
With protruding beak-like protome at back of shaft and curving blade, 11 in. (28 cm.) long; another with rounded blade and crest-like protome protruding from back of shaft, 8¼ in. (21 cm.) long; and another with stylized tail-shaped blade with incised feather decoration remaining, an anchor-shaped protome protruding from the back of the shaft, 5½ in (14 cm.) long, both late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C., both mounted (3)
LATE 3RD-EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
With protruding beak-like protome at back of shaft and curving blade, 11 in. (28 cm.) long; another with rounded blade and crest-like protome protruding from back of shaft, 8¼ in. (21 cm.) long; and another with stylized tail-shaped blade with incised feather decoration remaining, an anchor-shaped protome protruding from the back of the shaft, 5½ in (14 cm.) long, both late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C., both mounted (3)
Provenance
Property from a Princely collection, acquired in the 1960s.
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