A bronze shaft-hole axehead with a tall, undecorated shaft and plain rectangular blade drawn out from the shaft, ending in a slightly convex edge. Supplied with simple wooden stand.
 
Iron Age; Luristan area of Western Persia: Circa 1000-800 BC.
 
Condition: Very Fine; the metal is good.
Width 10.7 cms (4.2 ins)
 
Provenance: Ex Abelita family collection, 1980-2015.
 
For similar types, see Item 1; Catalogue of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum; PRS Moorey.
 
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 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.