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Western Asiatic Luristan Sar-e Tabor Axehead

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Western Asiatic Luristan Sar-e Tabor Axehead

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3rd millennium BC. A bulbous Bronze Age axehead with socket with flared blade. For the socket see Khorasani, M.M. Arms and Armour from Iran - The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tuebingen, 2006, p.659, Cat.344. 245 grams, 10cm (4"). From a private collection; acquired before 1980.