Bronze Fenestrated Axe Head, 1900 BCE - 1600 BCE
Bronze
8.9 x 10.2 cm
3 1/2 x 4 1/8 in
3 1/2 x 4 1/8 in
FZ.242
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This elegant weapon first saw the heat of battle in the time of the biblical patriarchs. Attached to a wooden shaft, it would have been part of the hand arms...
This elegant weapon first saw the heat of battle in the time of the biblical patriarchs. Attached to a wooden shaft, it would have been part of the hand arms of a warrior. Time has numbed its lethal edge and covered it with the green patina of age. Its graceful form lends it a sculptural purity that negates its function. We can admire its beauty as a work of art rather than as a dangerous weapon of war.