Weapons and AmmunitionLevantine2nd millennium BCE
Battle Axe Head
19th-18th century BCE
Dimensions
10.7 x 9.6 cm (4 3/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Richard R. Wagner, gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1968.
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