CanB026
Canaanite copper axe head.
Late-Chalcolithic - Early Bronze Age I: 3500-3000 BC.
H. 11.1 cm ( 4 3/8 in.)
Perfect condition with fine dark green patina.
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The axe head with flat blade of tapering shape, widening towards the
arched sharp edge.
Cf. Miron, 1992, pp.3-29, Nos. 14-16, Plate 1.
Mazar, A., 1992, P. 135 Ill. 4.23.
Miron, E., Axes and Adzes from Canaan, Institute of Archeology, Tel-Aviv University, Franz Steiner Verlag , Stuttgart, 1992.
Mazar, A., Archaeology of the Land of the Bible 10,000 - 586 B. C. E., The Anchor Bible Reference Library, Doubleday, New York, 1992.
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