- Museum number
- EA67564
- Description
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A narrow copper adze-blade: with a rounded butt, slightly concave sides, and a convex cutting edge. The edge has been sharpened by hammering and grinding from only one side of the blade.
- Dimensions
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Length: 16.20 centimetres
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Weight: 64.20 grammes
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Thickness: 0.30 centimetres (max)
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Width: 2.30 centimetres (max)
- Curator's comments
- Bibliography:
W. M. F. Petrie, 'Royal Tombs of the Earliest Dynasties' II, pl.VI, 23.
For other examples of Early Dynastic round-topped adzes, see J. E. Quibell, 'Excavations at Saqqara, 1912-1914: Archaic Mastabas’ (Cairo, 1923), pl.VIII, 1; G. A. Reisner, 'The early dynastic cemeteries of Naga-ed-Dêr' I, (California, 1908), 115 and pl.40d; W. B. Emery, 'Great tombs of the First Dynasty; excavations at Sakkara' I (Cairo, 1949), 31-7 and pl.10A; W. B. Emery, 'Great tombs of the First Dynasty; excavations at Sakkara' II (Cairo, 1954), 59-61 and pl.XXXIb; Z. Y. Saad, 'The excavations at Helwan art and civilization in the first and second Egyptian dynasties' (Norman, 1969), pl.38: W. M. F. Petrie, 'Abydos' I (London, 1902), pl.L, (M.13); W. M. F. Petrie, 'Tombs of the courtiers and Oxyrhynkos' (London, 1925), pls.IV, 5, 7, 8; V, 19, 24:W. M. F. Petrie, 'Gizeh and Rifeh' (Warminster, 1977), pl.IIIA, top left; W. M. F. Petrie, 'Tarkhan I and Memphis V' (London, 1913), pls.V, 15, 25, 28, 29; J. Garstang, ‘Maḥâsna and Bêt Khallâf’ (London, 1989), pls.XVI, XXIII, XXIV; P. Montet, 'Kêmi' 8 (1946), pl.X; C. M. Firth and J. E. Quibell, 'Excavations at Saqqara : the Step Pyramid' II (Cairo, 1935), pl.93, (3); A. Scharff, 'Die archaeologischen Ergebnisse des vorgeschichtlichen Gräberfeldes von Abusir el-Meleq' I (Leipzeig, 1926), pl.28, (259).
see W. M. F. Petrie, 'Royal Tombs of the Earliest Dynasties' II, pls.XLI, 90, 92; XLV, 65-75; W. M. F. Petrie, 'Gizeh and Rifeh' (Warminster, 1977), pl.VIE. 150; W. M. F. Petrie, 'Tarkhan I and Memphis V' (London, 1913), pl.V, 18-22; A. C. Mace in G. A. Reisner (ed.), 'The early dynastic cemeteries of Naga-ed-Dêr' II, (California, 1908), 47, fig. 107, (4) and pl.48a; J. de Morgan, ‘Recherches sur les Origines de l’Égypte (Paris, 1896-7), 251, fig. 838; 252, fig. 846; E. Amélineau, ‘Les Nouvelles Fouilles d’Abydos’ II (1896-7), pl.XVIII, 1-2; A. Scharff, ‘Die Altertümer der Vor – und Frühzeit Ägyptens’ I (Berlin, 1929-31), no. 137a and pl.7.
- Location
- On display (G64/dc10)
- Condition
- fair (corroded)
- Acquisition date
- 1901
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA67564
- Registration number
- 1901,1028.33
