Information
This bronze epsilon axe blade is effectively an axe blade fitting into a spear shaft and used for cutting and slashing. Petrie thought that this type of blade, which has three holes for fixing to a spear shaft, was a peculiarly Egyptian weapon that could only be useful as a weapon in a hot country as it would have been quite ineffective upon clothing and only effective on bare flesh. Crescent shaped with curved cutting edge and centrally placed tang. Three holes for halfting to a baton. Green patination in places.
Specifications
- Accession number
- 1967.297
- Collection type
- Weapon
- Culture
- Middle Kingdom
- Place made
- Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt
- Date made
- 2055 BC - 1773 BC
- Place collected
- Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt
- Date collected
- 1967 before
- Materials
- Bronze
- Measurements
- Overall: 80 mm x 5 mm x 310 mm
- Note
- Credit line
- Purchased from Richborough Antiquities, Kent, 1967
- Legal status
- Permanent collection
- Provenance
- Richborough Antiquities, Previous owner, Owned until: 1967
- Location
- On display: World Museum, Level 3, Ancient Egypt Gallery
- Publications
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