British Museum — Department of Egypt and Sudan · other

hatchet (?)

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Description

Heavily corroded iron hatchet- adze-head or pitching chisel with a rectangular thick blade of rectangular cross-section, with slightly convex lateral edges, and a thick axial tang of square cross-section, which was clearly fastened in a mortise at one end of a perpendicular wooden haft. The cutting edge and part of one side are broken and missing.

Connections

Found at Tell Dafana

Cross-references (2)

  • BM-Object Y_EA23951 tier-2
  • BM-Registration 1887,0101.1473 tier-2
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