Flat axe
- Accession Number
- W117
- Current Location
- In storage
- Object Type
- Implements and utensils, Warfare, hunting and fishing equipment, Axe
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Dynasty
- Eighteenth Dynasty
- Material
- Metals/alloys (Copper alloy)
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Measurements
- Length: 108mm | Width: 77mm | Weight: 188g
Licensing details
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- Description
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A copper alloy flat axe-head with lugs. The edge appears to have been sharpened. It was purchased by Wellcome in 1906 from the collection of Robert de Rustafjaell.
- Previous Owners
- Robert de Rustafjaell (1859–1943) | Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
