Bronze adze-axe

Middle of II MillenniumB.C..
N. Iran

Cast. Large adze-axe head with round cross-section shaft-hole. Convex cutting edges perpendicular to each other..

L. 8.3″(21 cm), H. 2.6″(6.6 cm)..

See: Deshayes J. Les outils de bronze, de L’indus au Danube (IVe au IIe Millenaire)..

Paris, 1960, pl. LIII, #3122; ; Moorey P.R.S Catalog of the Ancient Persian Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, 1971, p.64..