Ax Blade
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Object Label
The decoration of this ax blade consists of a graceful ibex lowering Its head to eat. Executed in an openwork technique, the blade would have broken if used to deliver a blow. In all probability, it functioned in a funerary or cultic ceremony in which its use was purely symbolic.
Caption
Ax Blade, ca. 1336–1295 B.C.E.. Bronze, 3 3/8 × 1/8 × 2 5/8 in. (8.6 × 0.3 × 6.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 66.171.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.66.171.1_wwg8.jpg)
Title
Ax Blade
Date
ca. 1336–1295 B.C.E.
Dynasty
late Dynasty 18
Period
New Kingdom
Geography
Reportedly from: eastern Delta, Egypt
Medium
Bronze
Classification
Dimensions
3 3/8 × 1/8 × 2 5/8 in. (8.6 × 0.3 × 6.7 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
66.171.1
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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