Weapons and AmmunitionIranian3rd millennium BCE
Shaft-Hole Axe Head
22nd-21st century BCE
Dimensions
6.5 x 14 cm (2 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Richard R. Wagner, gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1968.
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