Description
Cast one-piece bronze axe head featuring angled 1 3/4: convex cutting edge; round 1 1/4″
high socket with raised baluster decoration top and bottom. Excavated condition with dark
green and brown patina and minor encrustation inside the socket. Overall length 4 ½” (114
mm), thickness 1 1/8″ (29 mm), weight 10.35 ounces (294 g). Early axes such as this were
important tools for everyday use and an effective weapon in times of war.
Western Asiatic Bronze Age Axe Head, 2nd Millennium BC 
Scarce and Unusual Eastern European War Hammer, Late 16th/Early 17th C 
Rare Eastern European Horseman’s Flail, 17th C 
Western Asiatic Bronze Mace Head, ca. 1200-700 BC