Ax Blade
ca. 1336-1295 B.C.E.
Maker Unknown
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
The decoration of this ax blade consists of a graceful ibex lowering Its head to eat. Executed in an openwork technique, the blade would have broken if used to deliver a blow. In all probability, it functioned in a funerary or cultic ceremony in which its use was purely symbolic.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Tool
- Formatted Medium
- Bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Locations
- Reportedly from: eastern Delta, Egypt
- Dynasty
- late Dynasty 18
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Dimensions
- 3 3/8 × 1/8 × 2 5/8 in. (8.6 × 0.3 × 6.7 cm)
- Accession Number
- 66.171.1
- Credit Line
- Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Exhibitions
- Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Ancient Egyptian Art
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
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