Double Axe

MS4212

Location: On Display in the Classical World Gallery

From: Greece | Crete | Pseira

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4212
Current Location Classical World Gallery - On Display
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Pseira
Period Late Minoan I
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Description

Shape: Double axe with lozenge-shaped shaft hole and groove longitudinally across shaft-hole on one side only. Blades splay slightly.

Height 5 cm
Width 17.5 cm
Thickness 2.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1907

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