Adze
- Accession Number
- W120
- Current Location
- In storage
- Object Type
- Implements and utensils, Carpenters and sculptors tools, Adze
- Periods
- Predynastic Period to Early Dynastic Period
- Material
- Metals/alloys (Copper alloy)
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Measurements
- Length: 175mm
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- Description
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Long and narrow copper alloy adze dating to the Predynastic to Early Dynastic Period. Purchased by Wellcome in 1906 or 1907 from the collection Robert de Rustafjaell.
- Other Identity
- 1173 (circular serrated label)
- Previous Owners
- Robert de Rustafjaell (1859–1943) | Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
