Bronze shaft-hole ax

Bronze shaft-hole ax

Description:

Tools of this type are not common on Cyprus. This example was probably imported from Syria–Palestine.


length 8in. (20.3cm)

Period:

Middle Bronze Age II

Date:

1800 - 1725 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4698, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1915. Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes. no. 1632, p. 433, 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. 94, pp. 56, 58, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.5389