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Axe-head

IRAN, Luristan
Axe-head
 2300 BCE

Medium
bronze

Measurements
9.9 × 5.5 × 2.4 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1933

Reproduction requests

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Luristan, Iran

Accession Number
3479-D3

Department
Antiquities

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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