Axe
- Accession Number
- W121
- Current Location
- House of Life (first floor), Metalwork case
- Object Type
- Implements and utensils, Warfare, hunting and fishing equipment, Axe
- Period
- Predynastic Period
- Material
- Metals/alloys (Copper alloy)
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Measurements
- Length: 132mm | Width: 50mm | Depth: 11mm
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- Description
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A copper alloy axe-head with a flat, plain, and straight blade. There are signs incised onto one side. It dates to the Late Predynastic Period. It was purchased by Wellcome in 1906 or 1907 from the collection of Robert de Rustafjaell.
- Other Identity
- 1172 (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)
