Replica of battle axe, Ur

Shaft-hole axe, Maxwell-Hyslop type 5-6, Royal tombs of Ur.

Weight:c. grams (axe head) -Length: 14.6 cm (hafted: 62 cm) - Material: 6% tin.

Edge: several cycles of annealing, hardened through cold hammering - Original: British Museum 1929,1017.534, Ur; Woolley Pl. 223 A2a.