A GROUP OF MAINLY WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE AXE AND MACE HEADS
MAINLY 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
A GROUP OF MAINLY WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE AXE AND MACE HEADS MAINLY 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. Including a cudgel head, tubular in section, with vertical rows of three sharp spikes between the figures of three rampant lions, 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) long; a mace head with five tear-shaped bosses, 2 in. (5 cm.) high; an axe head with figure of a recumbent goat surmounting the blade, 3½ in. (9 cm.) long; a spike-butted axe head, the openwork blade depicting the scene of a feline attacking an ibex, 6½ in (16.5 cm.) long, all mounted; a spike-butted axe head, the shaft decorated with raised bands, one carrying onto the blade with an arrow-shaped terminal, 8¾ in. (22.5 cm.) long; three arrow heads, two with twisted shafts and paddle-shape butts, 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) long max; and an obsidian blade, circa 7000 B.C., 7½ in (19 cm.) long (11)
A GROUP OF MAINLY WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE AXE AND MACE HEADS
MAINLY 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
A GROUP OF MAINLY WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE AXE AND MACE HEADS MAINLY 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. Including a cudgel head, tubular in section, with vertical rows of three sharp spikes between the figures of three rampant lions, 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) long; a mace head with five tear-shaped bosses, 2 in. (5 cm.) high; an axe head with figure of a recumbent goat surmounting the blade, 3½ in. (9 cm.) long; a spike-butted axe head, the openwork blade depicting the scene of a feline attacking an ibex, 6½ in (16.5 cm.) long, all mounted; a spike-butted axe head, the shaft decorated with raised bands, one carrying onto the blade with an arrow-shaped terminal, 8¾ in. (22.5 cm.) long; three arrow heads, two with twisted shafts and paddle-shape butts, 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) long max; and an obsidian blade, circa 7000 B.C., 7½ in (19 cm.) long (11)
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