Urartu or Luristan Socketted Long Axehead

9th-6th century BC. A bronze axehead with slender expanding blade and rounded cutting edge, flared socket with stud to the reverse. See Maxwell-Hyslop, R., ‘Western Asiatic Shaft-Hole Axes’ in Ira

13th-6th century BC. A bronze axehead with ribbed elliptical socket, long neck and slightly curved edge. 433 grams, 13.5cm (5 1/4"). Private collection, Cambridgeshire, UK; acquired prior to 2000.

13th-6th century BC. A bronze axehead with tubular socket and rectangular blade, ribbed collar to lower edge of the socket. 8 grams, 13cm (5") Property of a London collector; acquired London, 1980s. [

13th-6th century BC. A substantial bronze axehead with tubular socket and two heads; one arranged horizontally at a right-angle with waisted profile and D-shaped cutting edge; the other arranged verti

14th-16th century AD. An iron woodworking side-axehead with rectangular-section closed socket, sturdy neck, tapering blade with long straight edge and offset edge. 1.1 kg, 19.5cm (7 3/4"). From an Eng

Middle East, Iran, Luristan culture, ca. 2nd to early 1st millennium BCE. An impressive bronze cast axe head with a rather long flat blade that flares at both ends, an oval-shaped, ribbed shaft, with

Late 2nd-early 1st millennium B.C. A substantial bronze halberd-shaped axehead with long, narrow, subtriangular blade projecting from a flange, cutaway section at the base and a knob formed as a griff

A Luristan bronze axe head, circa 1000 - 800 B.C. Beautifully crafted bronze axe head with long blade, tubular cylinder handle with incised design, great green patina. Edge of axe is not sharp meaning

Middle East, Iran, Luristan culture, ca. late 2nd to early 1st millennium BCE. Large bronze axe head with long cutting blade flaring downward, tapering to cylindrical shaft with thirteen conical butt

1st millennium BC. A small bronze axehead with raised midrib, long lentoid-section pick to the rear; short tapering socket with pierced attachment hole. 95 grams, 13.5cm (5 1/4"). Property of a Europe

Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A lovely cast-copper axe head with a long narrow blade and a rounded butt end. A circular socketing hole is set through the center

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, Iron Age I-II, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A striking bronze axe head with a curved blade edge and long socketing shaft encircled by 3 horizontal raised rings.

Central Asia, northwestern Iran, Luristan culture, end of 2nd beginning of the first millennium BCE. Bronze battle axe head in cast bronze. Oval socket with small spike to one end, long sweeping blade

Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A fine axe head cast from copper, that may have been intended for ceremonial use. The axe features a long socketing shaft that is s

**Originally Listed At $300** Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran, Luristan culture, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A hefty cast bronze pick axe or hoe head. The long blade is flat and rectangular, but the tip

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan culture, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. This bronze axe head, with its bright turquoise patina, is a delight to behold. A narrow, rectangular socket and, long, fla

1st millennium BC. A bronze axehead with flaring blade decorated with a crouching lion with hooked axe shape coming out of its mouth; blade is attached to the haft by a lion head; haft decorated with

13th-6th century BC. A bronze adze with expanding triangular-section blade, tubular socket with rib detailing, figure of a boar to the rear of the socket modelled in the round with hatched bristles an

2nd millennium BC. A bronze axehead with tubular socket and rectangular blade, slightly hooked to the underside; projecting section to the back with standing male figure to either side. 310 grams, 13c

9th-12th century AD. An iron axehead with long narrow blade flared from the mid-point to a gently curved edge, lateral wings to the socket and flat hammer-face to the rear. Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri

2nd-1st millennium BC. A bronze axehead with leaf-shaped blade with central ridge, socket with small rim to top and bottom; to the side small figures of two men wrestling. 187 grams, 16cm (6 1/4") Pro

9th-11th century AD. A large and heavy iron axehead with triangular-section blade widening to a broad curved edge with spur to the chin; D-shaped socket; mounted on a stand. Cf. Arbman, H. Birka I: Di

21st-18th century BC. A bronze axehead with narrow body and elliptical shaft-hole, crescentic blade to one edge and hook to the reverse. Cf. Moorey, P.R.S. et al. Ancient Bronzes, Ceramics and Seals,

9th-11th century AD. An iron broadaxe with wide flared blade, curved edge with flat edge to the base, narrow triangular socket. 247 grams, 12cm (4 3/4"). From the family collection of a London gentlem