Middle/Late Bronze Age Axe Head, 1900 BCE - 1600 BCE
Bronze
5.5 x 3.75
Z.0689
Though the passage of millennia has encrusted this bronze axe with a rough patina, it has not dulled the powerful impact the weapon creates in the mind. Its silhouette is...
Though the passage of millennia has encrusted this bronze axe with a rough patina, it has not dulled the powerful impact the weapon creates in the mind. Its silhouette is simple, even abstract; its design could hardly be purer, or, for that matter, improved upon. We marvel at this early technical achievement, even as we wonder what dark secrets it might tell...
Literature
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