U30

West Asian votive polished axe

£40

A small carved and polished limestone object in the form of an axe.

This must have served a votive purpose as the stone is too soft to have served any practical application.

West Asia, 3rd or 2nd Millennium BC

Intact, butt slightly eroded

Size:  5.4 x 2.9 cms

Ex. private collection, UK.