Description (Catalog Card): Copper Axe. The softness of the metal is shown by the fact that the very solid socket is all bent by the weight of the fallen roof stones. (Broken). Type = A.4 (new)1     
Find Context (Catalog Card): PG 777.     
Material (Catalog Card): Copper Alloy2     
Measurement (Catalog Card): L 013 ht 0065     
[1] Woolley's description
[2] Material as described by Woolley

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Location Context Title Context Description Description (Modern)
PG/777 A built chamber tomb with a collapsed dome, it had been robbed in antiquity but some artifacts remained along the walls. The collapsed roof of this tomb was first seen in Trial Trench E but the grave was fully excavated after the trial trenches had been opened into a larger area. This led to the discovery of a small trenched area next to the chamber that contained three skeletons, and an approach or dromos that contained another. These Woolley took to be the guards of the tomb in a small 'death pit'. There were two chambers inside the tomb, and the outer held the remains of four more people, possibly servants, while the inner may have held the royal personage. (none)
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Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:43 Page:58 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:43 Page:58 (none)
Woolley's Field Note Cards Woolley's Field Note Cards Royal Cemetary Notes 686-777_p205 Royal Cemetary Notes 686-777_p205 (none)
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