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Ascia con foro per il manico

ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE
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Sapientemente fusa in argento con applicazioni in foglia d’oro, l’ascia raffigura un demone con la testa di uccello mentre lotta con un cinghiale e un drago. Le forme del cinghiale sono contorte in modo che l’ispido dorso costituisca la lama; in basso un foro conteneva un manico di legno. Il prezioso materiale di quest’arma indica che fosse utilizzata in occasione delle cerimonie e non per un uso pratico. Verso la fine del III e l’inizio del II millennio a.C. nella regione della Battria-Margiana era fiorita una ricca cultura urbana, grazie anche ai commerci dei beni di lusso e di merci d’uso quotidiano con le civiltà di paesi quali l’Iran, la Mesopotamia e l’Anatolia.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Ascia con foro per il manico
  • Periodo: Età del Bronzo
  • Data: ca. 2000 a.C.
  • Area geografica: Battria-Margiana (Asia centrale)
  • Materiale e tecnica: Argento, lamina d'oro
  • Dimensioni: Lungh. 15 cm
  • Crediti: Acquistato, donazioni di Harris Brisbane Dick Fund e James N. Spear and Schimmel Foundation Inc., 1982
  • Numero d'inventario: 1982.5
  • Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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