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Axe Head
Artist/Culture
Hittite
Date
2000–1000 BCE
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
14.5 × 3 × 7.5 cm (5 11/16 × 1 3/16 × 2 15/16 in.)
Classifications
Arms and Armor
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Aldus C. Higgins
Terms
bronze
Object number
1950.4
Description
Hollow cylindrical head with three points at rear.
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Not on view
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1800s
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1200-800 BCE
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Right Tasset
Michel Witz the Younger
about 1530
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for Left Tasset
Left Tasset
Michel Witz the Younger
about 1530
Stylus
Roman
before 476 CE
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about 1530
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Chinese
about 800–250 BCE (Eastern Zhou Dynasty)
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First Intermediate Period, about 2118-1980 BCE
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European
about 2300–1800 BCE
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European
perhaps 2000–1400 BCE
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about 2000–1750 BCE
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