Middle Kingdom Axe-head

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by The Trustees of the British Museum
published on 22 March 2017

Arsenical copper axe-head, dating to the Middle Kingdom of Egypt. It has nine binding-holes, three in each tang. Traces of the original wooden haft survive and the remains of some organic material are preserved in the corrosion product on one face. Metallographic analysis has shown that after casting the blade was probably finished by hot working and that the cutting edge was used.
British Museum, London

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© Trustees of the British Museum. Republished under the British Museum Standard Terms of Use for non-profit educational purposes. Original image by The Trustees of the British Museum. Uploaded by Ibolya Horvath, published on 22 March 2017 under the following license: Copyright. You cannot use, copy, distribute, or modify this item without explicit permission from the author. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

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