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adze

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Description

Adze: a heavy wooden adze with a bronze blade and leather lashing. The blade is splayed a bit at the bottom and has a slightly curved cutting edge. Its sides taper inward near the top, where they again splay out into a flattened knob. The blade was lashed to the handle while the leather strapping was wet and elastic, so that when it dried the blade would fit… View more about description

Connections

Found at Luxor West Bank (Thebes)

Cross-references (2)

  • BM-Object Y_EA22834 tier-2
  • BM-Registration 1891,0509.8 tier-2
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