2nd millennium BC. A cast tubular socket with collar and protuberance to the upper rear; the blade asymmetric, flat-section with hooked upper end; with later wooden shaft for display. Cf. Muscarella, O. W. Bronze and Iron: Ancient Near Eastern Artifacts in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, item 334 for type. 345 grams, 43cm (17"). Property of a Guernsey collector; acquired in the UK in the early 1990s.