Axehead
- Accession Number
- W124
- Current Location
- House of Life (first floor), Predynastic case
- Object Type
- Implements and utensils, Warfare, hunting and fishing equipment, Axe
- Period
- Predynastic Period
- Material
- Metals/alloys (Copper alloy)
- Measurements
- Length: 107mm | Width: 53mm | Depth: 10mm
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian
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- Description
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A flat copper alloy axe-head, which is very worn and curved on the blade. This may indicate that is was an an adze? It dates to the Late Predynastic Period and was purchased by Wellcome in 1907(?) from the collection of Robert de Rustafjaell.
- Other Identity
- 1174 (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)
- Last modified: 03 Apr 2022