Axe
- Accession Number
- EC59
- 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)
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Measurements
- Length: 101mm | Width: 76mm | Depth: 14mm
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Licensing details
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- Description
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A Predynastic copper alloy flat axe.
- Previous Owner
- Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Assumed long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
