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Axe-head
1500 BCE

Medium
bronze

Measurements
11.2 × 5.7 × 2.9 cm

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

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Luristan, Iran

Accession Number
3477-D3

Department
Antiquities

Physical description
Axe-head with curved projection behind the shaft-hole decorated with a crenellated flange consisting of groups of three raised lines each forming a 'V'-shape, the top near the socket decorated with a band of raised squares between two raised lines, the lower edge with double lines in relief.