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Shaft-hole axe head with bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon

Shaft-hole axe head with bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon

Dateca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE
MediumSilver, gold foil
DimensionsH. to top of bird-demon heads: 10.8 cm (4 1/2 in.); L. 15 cm (5 7/8 in.); Weight 581 g Shaft hole: L. 5.1 cm (2 in.); W. 1.59 cm (5/8 in.)
DepartmentAncient West Asian Art
CultureBactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
PeriodBronze Age
CreditPurchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, and James N. Spear and Schimmel Foundation Inc. Gifts, 1982