LURISTAN (-2000/-1800 B.C.). Green patina bronze socketed HACHE surmounted by an…

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LURISTAN (-2000/-1800 B.C.). Green patina bronze socketed HACHE surmounted by an animal. Length: 21.5 cm

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LURISTAN (-2000/-1800 B.C.). Green patina bronze socketed HACHE surmounted by an animal. Length: 21.5 cm

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[Archaeology]. Protohistory. Large axe with heel. Bronze with green patina. L. 17cm. Provenance: public sale, former French collection. France. Late Bronze Age. 1400 - 800 B.C.

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A COPPER ‘FEATHER’ SPEARHEAD, LURISTAN, C. 11TH-8TH CENTURY BC A COPPER ‘FEATHER’ SPEARHEAD, LURISTAN, C. 11TH-8TH CENTURY BC Iran, circa 11th-8th Century B.C. Finely worked, the thin feather-form blade with vertical incisions along the center of both side and a narrow shaft for mounting. Condition: Good condition with minor wear, small nicks, minuscule dents, and minor losses. Provenance: From a Royal Collection. Weight: 57.2 g Dimensions: Length 22.9 cm

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Elamite Copper Axehead with 'Human' Face. 2nd millennium B.C. With crescentic blade and rounded knot at the butt, ornamental curved edging to the upper shaft hole, a cord edge on the upper and lower shaft hole, incised band around the edge of the blade; the butt inversed, forming a bearded human face. Cf. Mahboubian, H., Art of Ancient Iran, copper and bronze, London, 1997, p.166, fig.172b, for identical type; Gernez, G., L’armament en métal au Proche et Moyen-Orient: des origines a 1750 av. J.C., Paris, 2007, p.146, fig.2.14, subtype H2.H.a. 246 grams, 94 mm (3 3/4 in.). The type corresponds to Gernez type H.2.H.a, axes with collar and short sleeve lined with mouldings, fan-shaped blade and rear knot. It was a variant only known in Elam and Luristan. In Luristan one identical specimen was found at Chigha Sabz (grave M7). In Elam, the majority of these axes were found in the Middle-Bronze Age (Age of Isin-Larsa or Early Babylonian Age) tombs of Sarcophagi, at Susa. with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.

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