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

ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Fenestrated Axe Blade

Possible OriginIran, Asia

PeriodEarly Bronze Age - Middle Bronze Age

Date2200-1800 BCE

MediumBronze

Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation

Dimensions5 1/4 x 15/16 x 4 3/16 in., 375 g (13.3 x 2.4 x 10.7 cm, 13 1/4 oz.)

Object number2018.010.060

Published ReferencesHotel des Ventes du Prado, Marseille, Archeologie Objets de Fouilles (20 Decembre 1975), lot 88bis.

ProvenancePurchased by S.A.M. Sanousrit from Hotel des Ventes du Prado, Marseille, France, December 20, 1975, lot 88Bis. 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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