Weapons and AmmunitionItalic15th-13th century BCE

Flanged Axe Head

16th-13th century BCE

Description

This fragmentary axe head has a grooved upper and lower edge with a curved side. It is broken and the right half is missing.

Classification

Weapons and Ammunition

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Leaded bronze

Culture

Italic

Period

Bronze Age

Century

15th-13th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

5.1 x 4.4 cm (2 x 1 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

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