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CIRCA EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
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TWO LURISTAN BRONZE AXE HEADS
CIRCA EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Each with a curved cutting blade tapering to a cylindrical shaft, one with three incised circular knobs on each side, four butt-spikes and incised patterning on one edge of the shafthole and blade; the other with a raised ridge on the shaft; together with five Luristan and Mediterranean weapons, including a lanceolate spearhead with a circular shaft; two triangular dagger blades with each with a low midrib, a short tang and three rivets; a lanceolate arrowhead tapering to a thin tang; and a lanceolate spearhead with a long solid cylindrical shaft tapering to thin tang
Larger: 9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) long (7)
CIRCA EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
Each with a curved cutting blade tapering to a cylindrical shaft, one with three incised circular knobs on each side, four butt-spikes and incised patterning on one edge of the shafthole and blade; the other with a raised ridge on the shaft; together with five Luristan and Mediterranean weapons, including a lanceolate spearhead with a circular shaft; two triangular dagger blades with each with a low midrib, a short tang and three rivets; a lanceolate arrowhead tapering to a thin tang; and a lanceolate spearhead with a long solid cylindrical shaft tapering to thin tang
Larger: 9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) long (7)
Provenance
One axe: Teddy Kollek, Jerusalem, 1964.
Others: Acquired by Paul and Helen Zuckerman, Detroit, 1960s-1970s.
Others: Acquired by Paul and Helen Zuckerman, Detroit, 1960s-1970s.
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