Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
$900.00
Cast. Adze-axe head with tall cylindrical shaft-hole socket and convex cutting edges perpendicular to each other. Socket decorated with three horizontal ridges at the bottom and at blade to blade level, undulating rope below and beaded pattern above.
L. 3.2″(8.2 cm), W. 6.0″(15.2 cm).
For published examples see:
– Haerinck and B. Overlaet, 1999, Djub-i Gauhar and Gul Khanan Murdah Iron Age III graveyards in the Aivan plain (Luristan Excavation Documents Vol. III), p. 168
– Deshayes J. Les outils de bronze, de L’indus au Danube (IVe au IIe Millenaire). Paris, 1960, pl. LIII no. 3132.