WESTERN ASIATIC AXE HEAD WITH PRAYING PRIEST. Ca. 1200 - 800 BC. A bronze axe head with an elongated, flattened blade ended in a rounded cutting edge. The tubular shaft is decorated with a sculpted figure of a priest in a praying position with his right hand clasped beneath the chin. Size: 160mm x 50mm; Weight: 555g Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old Canadian collection of F. N., Ontario, formed in the 1980s.