Canaanite Bronze Votive Figure of a Warrior or Deity

He stands frontally, dressed in a short tunic, his heavy plaited hair secured witha headband. His right arm bent at the elbow, he once held an adze or a spear before him. His eyes would have been inlaid.

Mid-2ND Millennium BC

Left arm lost. No repair or restoration. 12.7 x 2.8 cm (5 x 1 1/8 in.); 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.) including tang.

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ex: private collection, 1970s. More recently, a private American collection, 1994-2006), thence by descent.

Published: Antiquarium, Ltd.; Ancient Treasures XVIII. (London, 2019) p.5

Comparandum:Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, no. VA 03312.