Middle Bronze Age IIA, circa 1981-1550 B.C. A bronze 'duck-bill' shaped axeheadposed of lentoid-section cheeks, raised rib to both faces flanked by two oval-shaped holes, rounded blade, barrel-shaped butt with piriform socket for attachment to an organic shaft. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 41.6.9, for similar. 185 grams, 97 mm (3 3/4 in.). Private collection, acquired in the 1970s-1980s; thence by descent. Private collection, since 1998. For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price