Lot 1415
Mesopotamian. Green Polished Axe-head, Uruk, Jemdet Nasr Period, ca. 3500-2800 BC. A fine polished green stone ceremonial axe-head of double crescentric flaring form, the sides gradually narrowing toward the center, the shaft hole; polished at both side. Such culturally early objects bearing a high degree of finish and superb condition must have had a non-destructive and ritual/symbolic function. Choice condition. Measures: 8.5 X 6 cm.
Estimated Value $300 - 350.
Ex Bernard Grettner, Alsace, France, French Ambassador to Iraq, 1969-1974; Published in Art of the Ancient World, Volume VIII, Part 1, Page 80, #410, with Plate, by J.M. Eisenberg (1992).
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