LOT 1348 Socketted War Hammer
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2nd millennium B.C. A socketted war hammerposed of a tapering lentoid-section head, curving to a hollow shank with four circular piercings, high-relief carinated lobe to neck. Cf. Gernez, G., Larmament en métal au Proche et Moyen-Orient: des origines a 1750 av. J.C., Paris, 2007, , subtype Mrt 1.C, for the type. 128 grams, 68 mm (2 5/8 in.) UK private collection before 2000. UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. The war hammer belongs to the category of collared and angled war hammers, mainly diffused in Elam and Bactria during the 3rd and the 2nd millennium B.C. These weapons consist of a cylindrical collar curved at the top so to form a massive cylindrical active part with an oval cross-section domed at its end. One or more rivets secure the metal head to the wooden handle, around 1.5 to 2 cm wide. These weapons were of fairly small format (the active part measures only usually between 6 and 8 cm). [No Reserve]Condition Report: Fine condition.
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