Ceremonial Ax

Unidentified Luristan maker
Near East

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late 2nd-early 1st millennium BCE

Bronze

Overall: 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection

2007.82.10

Geography

Place Made: Iran, West Asia, Asia

Period

1000 BCE-1 CE

Object Name

Armament

Research Area

Near East

Not on view

Course History

REL 81, Dickinson Distinguished Scholar Seminar: Orientalism and the Origins of Religion, Susannah Heschel, Fall 2012

Anthropology 39.01, Middle Eastern Studies 3.02, Archaeology of the Middle East, Jesse Casana, Fall 2023

Provenance

Harry A. Franklin Family Collection; given to present collection, 2007.

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