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Bronze hammer-axe
Unknown-2800/-2300
Museum of Cycladic Art
Athens, Greece
Hammer-axe with a convex cutting edge and a circular hafting hole (the missing haft has been replaced with a modern reconstruction). The central rib increases the durability of the tool. This type of tool is rather rare in the Aegean. A similar axe has been found in an assemblage of carpentry tools in Naxos.
Collection Number: NG0595
(Photo: Irini Miari), © Museum of Cycladic Art, 2016
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Details
- Title: Bronze hammer-axe
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: -2800/-2300
- Physical Dimensions: Η: 8.5 cm / W: 3.5 cm
- Period: Early Cycladic II - Syros Phase / Early Bronze Age
- Culture: Cycladic
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