axe(?)
- Museum number
- EA67587
- Description
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Axe-head (?): with straight broadly splayed sides and wide convex cutting edge. It has a short, roughly cylindrical central tang at the rear, which tapers towards the end. It is very thickly corroded. A portion of the blade is missing at one end, and the surface is deeply cracked at several points. The blade has corroded into laminae.
- Dimensions
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Length: 12.20 centimetres
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Weight: 350.50 grammes
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Thickness: 1.81 centimetres
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Width: 20.80 centimetres (maximum)
- Curator's comments
- Bibliography:
W. M. F. Petrie, 'Abydos' II (London, 1903), 33, pl. XXII, 10;
W. M. F. Petrie, ‘Ancient Egypt’ (London, 1915), 22;
W. M. F. Petrie, 'Tools and weapons : illustrated by the Egyptian collection in University College, London' (London, 1917), 10-11, pl. VI, 187;
B. G. Trigger, ‘The International Journal of African Historical Studies’ 2 (New York & Boston, 1969), 34;
H. Amborn, ‘Die Bedeutung der Kulturen des Niltals für die Eisenproduktion im subsaharischen Afrika’ (Wiesbaden, 1976), 53-4.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- incomplete - haft missing, corroded into laminae
- Acquisition date
- 1903
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA67587
- Registration number
- 1903,0813.10
