LARGE LURISTAN BRONZE SOCKETTED AXE-ADZE 13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C. 9 1/2 in. (1.14 kg, 24 cm). With tapering socket and flared rim to the mouth, vertical axe-blade with curved cutting edge, horizontal adze blade of similar proportions. PROVENANCE: Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. LITERATURE: Cf. Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 2, London, 2004, items 21, 34. FOOTNOTES: The earliest axe-adzes from the 3rd millennium B.C. were weapons and tools furnished with socketted holes. Usually the socket is a more secure way of attaching the object to a wooden haft than having a tang. These weapons developed into a range of different forms in the 2nd millennium B.C., which were used until at least 800 B.C. CONDITION
LARGE LURISTAN BRONZE SOCKETTED AXE-ADZE 13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C. 9 1/2 in. (1.14 kg, 24 cm). With tapering socket and flared rim to the mouth, vertical axe-blade with curved cutting edge, horizontal adze blade of similar proportions. PROVENANCE: Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. LITERATURE: Cf. Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 2, London, 2004, items 21, 34. FOOTNOTES: The earliest axe-adzes from the 3rd millennium B.C. were weapons and tools furnished with socketted holes. Usually the socket is a more secure way of attaching the object to a wooden haft than having a tang. These weapons developed into a range of different forms in the 2nd millennium B.C., which were used until at least 800 B.C. CONDITION
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