adze
- Museum number
- EA59223
- Description
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A large adze-blade of copper: with slightly concave sides expanding from the top to the edge. The front of the blade has a curved ridge for added strength, just below the middle. The butt is square, with one corner bent over, and the cutting edge is slightly convex. The surfaces of the metal are partially covered by stable corrosion products.
- Dimensions
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Length: 25 centimetres
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Weight: 439.40 grammes
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Thickness: 0.70 centimetres
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Width: 9.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- The form of this blade, with the strengthening ridge, is paralleled by a number of adzes of First Dynasty date. See W. M. F. Petrie, 'Tarkhan I and Memphis V' (London, 1913), pls.V, 26; VI, 7; W. M. F. Petrie, 'Tarkhan' II (London, 1914), pl.III, 7; W. M. F. Petrie, 'Tools and weapons : illustrated by the Egyptian collection in University College, London' (London, 1917), pl.XVI, 66; W. B. Emery, 'Great tombs of the First Dynasty; excavations at Sakkara' I' (Cairo, 1949), 38, fig. 21, type 3 and pl.10B.
- Location
- On display (G64/dc12)
- Condition
- incomplete - no handle
- Acquisition date
- 1929
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA59223
- Registration number
- 1929,0511.1
