Category:Axe-AO 20397

**Axehead shaped like a horse head, with a lion head spitting the blade.**
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Instance of	ax head;
Made from material	iron;
Location	Room 306, Sully Wing, Louvre Palace, 1st arrondissement of Paris, Paris Centre, Paris, Grand Paris
Location of discovery	Lorestan Province;
Owned by	French State;
Collection	Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre;
Inventory number	AO 20397 (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre);
Inception	1st millennium BC (before 1 BC, after 1000 BC);
Width	18.8 cm;
Height	7 cm;
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	Q112288125; Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010130439
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Axe-AO 20397

Artist

Unknown author

Title

Axehead shaped like a horse head, with a lion head spitting the blade.

Object type

Date

between 14^th century and mid 6^th century BC

Medium

Dimensions

height: 7 cm (2.7 in)

; width: 18.8 cm (7.4 in)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	1st arrondissement of Paris , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 000000012260177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

Iran antique, room XIVe - milieu du VIe siècle avant J.-C.: Iran, l'Iran à l'âge du fer. Sully, ground floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities).

Accession number

AO 20397

Place of discovery

Object history

1958: purchased from collection J. Coiffard

References

Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 23306

Authority file

Media in category "Axe-AO 20397"

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