Collection

WESTERN ASIATIC AXE HEAD

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Description
Description

A cast bronze axe head with a cylindrical socketing shaft, a tapered spike on the back end, and a horizontal axe blade on the front.

 

For similar see: Nikolaus Boroffka,  Simple technology. Casting moulds for axe-heads. In: Tobias L. Kienlin, Ben Roberts (ed.), Metals and society. Studies in honour of Barbara S. Ottaway.

Universitätsforschungen zur Prähistorischen Archäologie 169. Vertag

Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH (Bonn 2009), pp. 246-257, n. 1-2.

REFERENCE #

WP_PR_1115

CIVILIZATION

Canaanite, 1200 B.C.E. – 800 B.C.E.

SIZE

L. 20 cm

CONDITION

Fine condition

PRICE

$2500

Additional Information
Civilization

Canaanite

Material

Metal