Description
ITEM | Duck-billed axe-head |
MATERIAL | Bronze |
CULTURE | Middle Bronze Age, Canaanite |
PERIOD | 2200 – 1750 B.C |
DIMENSIONS | 61 mm x 82 mm |
CONDITION | Good condition |
PROVENANCE | Ex French private collection, acquired between 1970 – 1990 |
PARALLEL | MIRON, E., 1992, No. 231, pp. 58-59, Plate 15. |
The battle axe of transitional type between the wider “Eyeglasses” and the narrower “Duck Bill” types, with oblong rounded blade with central ridge, fenestrated with two oblong openings, and a socket at the back.