Openworked bronze ax, 2000 BC
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This bronze ax blade, originally mounted on a wooden staff, exhibits ornamental openwork and raised reinforcing moldings. This type of ax, made in the Middle East as early as the beginning of the second millennium BC, was also found in Ugarit (today Ras-Shamra, Syria). Middle East, 2000 BC. Parallels: From Byblos, XIX-XVIII century B.C. (Amiet 1977:#474) Bronze “double-window” ax. Iran or neighboring region. First half of second millenium. H= 8.5 cm, L= 10.5 cm. From the Borowski Collection, Basel (Musée Borély 1975:#192) Bibliography (for this item)Amiet, Pierre1977 L’art antique du proche-orient. Editions d’Art Lucien Mazenod, Paris, France. (# 474) Musée Borely, 1975 Art de l’Ancien Iran. Musée Borely, Marseille, France. (# 192) |
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