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Axe-head
2300 BCE
IRAN, Luristan
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Medium
bronze
Measurements
9.9 × 5.5 × 2.4 cm
Place/s of Execution
Luristan, Iran
Accession Number
3479-D3
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1933
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Not on display
Physical description
Blade of slender profile increasing in thickness and facetted as it approaches the haft-hole, with rounded edge behind the haft and extending downwards where the back of the haft would be, the haft-hole edges curved and with ridges.
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