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Splendor stone axe
UnknownNeolithic, 2nd half 4th millennium BCE
Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany
The Salzmünde Group from the Middle Elbe-Saale Region possessed axes that appear to be prestige objects. They are one of the Funnel Beaker cultures of the 4th millennium BC, who are known for megalithic graves and for pottery with elaborate decorative encrusted patterns. The meaning of the patterns carved into the polished surfaces of the Salzmünde ornamental axes is a mystery. Some researchers believe them to be the symbols of an astronomical calendar. (AHo)
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Details
- Title: Splendor stone axe
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: Neolithic, 2nd half 4th millennium BCE
- Type: Weapon
- Medium: Stone, smoothed and decorated
- Inv. no.: (MVF) Ig 3421
- ISIL no.: DE-MUS-019212
- External Link: Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Copyright: Photo © bpk - Photo Agency / Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Claudia Plamp || Text © Prestel Verlag / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
- Collection: Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte | Europa, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
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