Shaft-Hole Axe Head
Weapons and AmmunitionNear Eastern2nd millennium BCE

Shaft-Hole Axe Head

2nd millenium BCE

Classification
Weapons and Ammunition
Technique
Cast, lost-wax process
Medium
Leaded bronze
Culture
Near Eastern
Period
Bronze Age
Century
2nd millennium BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

11.6 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm (4 9/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 in.)

Provenance

Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.

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