Weapons and AmmunitionSyro-Hittite3rd millennium BCE
Axe Head
3rd millennium BCE
Dimensions
14.7 x 5.9 cm (5 13/16 x 2 5/16 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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