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Cabeza de hacha

ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE
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Un demonio bicéfalo lucha con un jabalí y un dragón en esta cabeza de hacha de excelente factura, fundida en plata y dorada con pan de oro. El cuerpo del jabalí está contorsionado de tal modo que su dorso peludo define el filo (extremo superior derecho); en la parte inferior hay un agujero redondo donde se encajaba un mango de madera. Los materiales preciosos indican que la función del arma era ceremonial más que práctica. Una próspera cultura urbana floreció en Bactria-Margiana a finales del tercer milenio y principios del segundo milenio a. C., sustentada en parte por el comercio de bienes suntuarios y de mercancías utilitarias con las civilizaciones de Irán, Mesopotamia y Anatolia.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Cabeza de hacha
  • Periodo: Edad de Bronce
  • Fecha: ca. 2000 a. C.
  • Geografía: Bactria-Margiana (Asia Central)
  • Material: Plata, pan de oro
  • Dimensiones: l. 15 cm
  • Crédito: Compra, donaciones del Fondo Harris Brisbane Dick, y de James N. Spear, y Schimmel Foundation Inc., 1982
  • Número de inventario: 1982.5
  • Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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