Description
One-piece cast bronze axe head featuring 2 5/8″ convex cutting edge. The oval eye with a
molded half-moon extension on each end. Excavated condition, with minor encrustation
and green and brown patina. Overall length 5 1/8″ (130 mm), thickness 1″ (25 mm), weight
8.45 Ounces (239 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
English Executioner’s Axe, 16th/17th C
Rare Eastern European Horseman’s Flail, 17th C