Axes
This category includes objects with an edge, the head mounted parallel to the handle.
This category includes objects with an edge, the head mounted parallel to the handle. It can be used to shape, split, or cut wood.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 37 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Axe, bronze. Broken. [drawing 1:2] |
| 59 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze axe. [drawing 1:2] |
| 1428 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze implement. With edge at rounded end. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3341 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Axe head. Bronze: fine specimen in excellent condition. Sketch 1:2. [drawing 1:2] |
| 6927 | (none) | (none) | B16432 | Adze head. Bronze? Upper and lower portion of handle ribbed. No traces of wood found in handle hole. In text: Kassite period (7) and fig. E. [drawing 1:2] | |
| 7134 | (none) | (none) | B16431 | Adze head. Bronze. Cf. U.6137 Larsa type. E. | |
| 7851 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axe. Thickly covered with corrosion but intact. [drawing] |
| 7852 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axe. rather slender and light type. XIX. [drawing] |
| 7856 | (none) | (none) | B17418 | Copper axe. Rather slender example. One side of the socket has decayed and broken away exposing remains of wooden haft. | |
| 7857 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axe. Slender type. Socket broken in two lengthwise and part missing. |
| 7866 | (none) | (none) | B17459 | Copper chopper. Thin metal: convex cutting end: other end tapered and curved round for attachment. [drawing] | |
| 7876 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper blade ? Axe. Straight-sided : cf. U.7877. Bent-over end missing. |
| 7928 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Axe head. Copper. Slinder type. [drawing] not to scale. [type] XIV |
| 7931 | (none) | (none) | B17411 | Axe Head. Copper. | |
| 8022 | (none) | (none) | B17416 | Copper axe. Normal type thus: [drawing] The socket split and broken. [Type] XIX | |
| 8034 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axe. Type XI [drawing] Blade of the usual type, but instead of a solid socket the metal is simply bent round the haft and welded, the sides brought over the two edges of the blade & hammered in. When found, there were remains of coarse matting on either side of the blade : it might have been merely wrapped in matting, but it also might have had a matting sheath. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8036 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axe Similar to U.8034 but without the thinning of the blade near the ring socket. Type X [drawing] Broken across but complete |
| 8065 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axe. Normal type except that the rib down the back of the socket is unusually pronounced. [drawing] Type A1.b |
| 8088 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axe. Normal type. [drawing] [type] XIX. |
| 8115 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Axe head. Copper. Heavy type. Raised band round top of shaft. [drawing] not to scale. [type XIX] |
| U8125 | (none) | (none) | B17415 | Axe. Copper. Heavy type. [drawing] [type] XIX | |
| 8136 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Axe. Copper. Heavy type. [drawing] not to scale. [type] XIX. |
| 8155 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axe. The socket made by bending over the end of the blade. Part of the blade missing. [drawing] [type] XV |
| 8179 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axe. Normal type but with unusually thickened back rib. [drawing] |
| 8231 | (none) | (none) | B17362 | Copper axe. [drawing] |
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