Assyrian Bronze Axehead with Cuneiform Inscription

拍品描述

8th century B.C. Comprising a barrel-shaped socket with rounded collars and a hole to the rear to accept a mounting peg, a wedge-shaped blade with a stepped neck; incised cuneiform text on both faces of the blade and the socket; votive type. See Various la Mésopotamie entre le Tigre et l'Euphrate, cat. exp. (Musée d'art de Setagaya, 5 août 2000 - 3 décembre 2000, for an inscribed Assyrian axe; Fukuoka, Musée d'art asiatique d'art asiatique, 16 décembre 2000 - 4 mars 2001, Tokyo, NHK, 2001, p. 154, n° 220. 141 grams, 94 mm (3 3/4 in.). (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.) Private collection, acquired on the European art market in 2002. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13206-249182. The royal inscriptions on weapons were common in Mesopotamia. Our blade, although younger, finds a parallel with an Assyrian cuneiform-inscribed bronze axe blade bearing the name of the Assyrian king Adad-nirari I, dating back to the reign of King Adad-Nirari I (1307-1275 BC) from Assyria, currently on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris. TimeLine Auctions follows a rigorous vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists. See our website for more information.

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