Plate à talon et tranchant convexes, munie de crans d'arrêt et d'u motif gravé. Pour un modèle similaire voir Musée du Louvre, Paris, AO 9734 (fig.1)
Bronze. L. 22,5 cm
Anatolie, Kültepe, IIe millénaire av. J.-C.
An Anatolian bronze lugged axe.. Heavy and lfat, divided in two parts by lugs that curve out gracefully from the blade section to form ledges facing the half or butt end, which is less than one-third the entire lenght and is trapezoidal in shape with a slightly rounded end. The blade is bi-concave and its edege is sharps. Because many form and sizes exist, it is by no means certain whether all, or some, were used primarily as axes, or whether they were adzes and chisels, and if axes, whether they were used as weapons. This specimen in particular present engraved concentric pattern with cross lines inside and dotted framing. 2 Millennium B.C.E.
Provenance
Fondation Rassla, Zurich
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