Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology

ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Axe Head

Possible OriginIran, Asia

PeriodIron Age I

Date14th-12th Century BCE

MediumBronze

Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation

Dimensions2 5/16 x 2 11/16 x 6 7/16 in., 550 g (5.9 x 6.9 x 16.4 cm, 1 lb. 3 3/8 oz.)

Object number2018.010.050

Published ReferencesHotel des Ventes, Marseille, Archeologie (28 Fevrier 1974), lot 136.

ProvenancePurchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Hotel des Ventes, Mareille, France, February 28, 1974, lot 136. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.

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