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Inventory #:
566
Type:
Axe
Material:
Bronze
Period:
3000-1200 B.C.
Provenance:
Near East
Measurements:
16 x 11.3 cm
A very broad and large axe. Engraved design around the back shaft portion and part of blade is meant to imitate sinew lashing of the earliest axes whereby a celt was hafted to a shaft with cord.