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Black Stone Polished Axe, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot weapons & armour
Black Stone Polished Axe, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot, c. 1650–1050 BC. British Museum, 1897,0401.1415.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age I

Black Stone Polished Axe

Black ground stone axe; lightly polished Dimensions: Length: 7.60 centimetres; Thickness: 2.70 centimetres; Width: 4 centimetres Object Type: axe Techniques: ground; polished

Classification

Object type
Tool
Material
Stone
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date
1650 - 1050 BC
Findspot
Enkomi

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Accession No.

1897,0401.1415

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Enkomi

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