CanB021
Canaanite bronze axe head.
Middle Bronze IIB: 1750-1550 BC
L. 14.5 cm (5 3/4 in.)
Perfect condition. Fine green and reddish-brown patina.
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The lugged chisel axe head, with long rounded blade, tapering at the front sharp edge, and a concave oblong socket at the rear, with wing shaped lugs at the neck and base of the socket.
Cf. Miron, E., 1992, pp. 71-80, plate 18, figs. 289-304.
Ziffer, I., Eretz Israel Museum, 1990, p. 71, fig. 101.
Miron, E., Axes and Adzes from Canaan, Institute of Archeology, Tel-Aviv University, Franz Steiner Verlag , Stuttgart, 1992
Ziffer, I., At That Time the Canaanites Were in the Land, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, 1990
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