A bronze adze axe with a short cylindrical ridged shaft. The tool has a vertical blade on one side set at a right angle to the rear horizontal blade, flat on the top.
 
Luristan area of Western Persia: Circa 1200-900 BC.
 
Condition: Very Fine: Surface with green patination and encrustations; the metal is good.
Length 17 cms (6.7 ins): Weight 338 grams
 
Throughout the Ancient World, from Greece to Persia, battles raged. The skilled Ancient Persian craftsmen developed great skill in bronze working, producing some of the finest weaponry and tools then available. The term Luristan is a generic term since, as with the vast majority of such pieces, we do not have the detailed information of a specific find site. Luristan items are well-documented however, and we can have recourse to many museum collections as well as detailed descriptions in various publications.