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Axe Head with Iron Blade
9th-7th century BCE (Iron Age)
bronze, iron
(Ancient Near East )
(Ancient Near East )
Along the side of this axe head, a feline creature reclines, while the blade emerges from the roaring mouth of another.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Natacha Rambova Collection [no. L67.27.27 on bottom rim]; Professor Donald E. Hanson, New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1981, by gift.
Measurements
4 1/16 x 1 15/16 x 13/16 in. (10.3 x 5 x 2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Professor Donald P. Hansen, 1981
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.2580