<em>Ax Blade</em>, 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)

Ax Blade

Medium: Bronze

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:ca. 1336-1295 B.C.E.

Dimensions: 3 3/8 × 1/8 × 2 5/8 in. (8.6 × 0.3 × 6.7 cm)

Collections:

Museum Location: 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

Exhibitions:

Accession Number: 66.171.1

Image: CUR.66.171.1_wwg8.jpg,West Wing gallery 8 installation

Catalogue Description:
Openwork bronze ceremonial axe blade with figure of ibex, bearded, male, thin tail, which has both forelegs and the left hind leg advanced. Condition: Surface reddish in color, rough and pitted and in two places still showing green corrosion, namely on the tail on the left side and at the upper edge forward inner corner.

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