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LOT 1130
Bronze Age Boat-Shaped Copper Axe Adze
5TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/4 in. (629 grams, 16 cm).
A bronze adze-axe head, boat shaped, fitted with double cutting edges, one parallel to the axis of the handle and the second perpendicular to the same axis.
ProvenanceAcquired before 2000.
From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK.
See similar adze-axe in Gernez, G., L’armament en métal au Proche et Moyen-Orient: des origines a 1750 av. J.C., Paris, 2007, fig.2.65, pl.243, type H-HE 1.C., for comparable example.
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