1200-900 B.C.
Amlash
Cast. Adze-axe head with short cylindrical shaft-hole decorated with ridges. Opposed concentric circles above ridges.
L. 4.8″(12.3 cm), H. 1.7″(4.3 cm).
See: Meier- Arendt W. Archäologische Reihe Bronzen und Keramik aus Luristan. Vol. 4. Frankfurt am Main, 1984, cat. 71; Deshayes J. Les outils de bronze, de L’indus au Danube (IVe au IIe Millenaire). Paris, 1960, pl. LXVII, 3; Moorey P.R.S Catalog of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, 1971, p.64.