Early Bronze Age I
Bronze axe head
Cutting edge slightly expanded. length 5 13/16in. (14.8cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Tool
- Material
- MetalCopper and bronze
- Date
- 2500 - 1900 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Accession No.
74.51.5399
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4643, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 1618, p. 432, New York: Gilliss Press.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 87, pp. 56-57, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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