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Bronze Age Weapons : Middle/Late Bronze Age Axe Head
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Middle/Late Bronze Age Axe Head - Z.0689
Origin: Beit Mirsim, Hebron, Israel
Circa: 1900
BC
to 1600
BC
Dimensions:
3.75" (9.5cm) high
x 5.5" (14.0cm) wide
Catalogue: V1
Collection: Biblical
Medium: Bronze
$4,200.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
Though the passage of millennia has encrusted this bronze axe with a rough patina, it has not dulled the powerful impact the weapon creates in the mind. Its silhouette is simple, even abstract; its design could hardly be purer, or, for that matter, improved upon. We marvel at this early technical achievement, even as we wonder what dark secrets it might tell...
- (Z.0689)
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