Blade
Gallery Location
Galleries of Africa: Egypt
Medium
bronze
Geography
Egypt
Date
c. 1550-1069 BC
Period
18th-20th Dynasty, New Kingdom
Dimensions
9.2 × 12.4 × 3.6 cm
Object number
927.78.1
Cataloguer
Gayle Gibson
ROM Staff, 1990-2015; ROM Volunteer 2015-Present
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Ancient Egypt & Nubia
Description
This unusual blade closely resembles hoe blades found in Celtic contexts. Flinders Petrie argued that Egyptian examples were usually misidentified a socketed axes.
The socket here is almost rectangular in section, with wide moulding at the rim, two perforations, short, widely expanded blade with slightly curved edge, and a pitted surface. There is an incised leaf design on the edge of the socket. The blade itself is thick.
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