LOT 1337 Votive Mace Head Inscribed to the Goddess Nanshe
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Early Dynastic IIIb Period, c.2500-2340 B.C. A cylindrical mace head, the upper section with alternating stylised snakes and vertical rows of four prominent spikes, the short cylindrical shaft engraved with five lines of Sumerian, a standard type of votive inscription, readable except for the name of the donors father and his occupation: 'To (the goddess) Nanshe, Bala, son of , , has offered (this mace).' See Godard, A., Les Bronzes du Luristan, Paris, 1931, pl.XIX, no.58, for a similar; Khorasani, M. M., 'Bronze and iron weapons from Luristan' in Antiguo Oriente: Cuadernos del Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente, 7, 2009, fig.8. 350 grams, 12 cm (4 3/4 in.) From a private family collection formed in London from the mid 1980s to early 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is apanied by AIAD certificate no.10873-179755. This knopped bronze mace head was probably made using the lost-wax method.Condition Report: Fair condition.
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