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Double-axe head
Early Aegean, Helladic
Bronze Age
about 1200–1100 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Length: 20.5 cm (8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Edwin E. Jack Fund
Accession Number64.515
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing – Axes, maces, clubs
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 538; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 126 (additional published references).
DescriptionThe center is pierced ovally for the shaft, and there are grooves at the bottom in either edge of the hole. Green patina.
ProvenanceBy 1963: with Byron Th. Zoumboulakis, 8 Place de la Taconnerie, Geneva, Switzerland (said to come from Macedonia with 64.511-64.514); purchased by MFA from Byron Th. Zoumboulakis, April 8, 1964