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Cast copper-alloy socketed axe-head. Large numbers of weapons and tools of this period have been found in both tombs and shrines in Luristan. Some seem more functional than others: the cutting edge of this one is set at an angle to the handle that would make it difficult / impossible to use as a tool or weapon. It may, rarther, have had a ceremonial function, as an object that could be offered to a god in a sanctuary or placed in a grave to mark the status of the dead person.
Length: 0.25 m
Method of acquisition: Bought (1963) by Bluett & Sons Ltd.
Circa -1100 BCE - -0901 BCE
Accession number: ANE.1.1963
Primary reference Number: 87566
Oldadmincategory: O
Oldobjectnumber: WAE.1.1963
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
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Antiquities
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