Fenestrated axe blade
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Title: Fenestrated axe blade
Period: Middle Bronze Age
Date: ca. early 2nd millennium BCE
Geography: Levant
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 3.94 x 3.31 in. (10.01 x 8.41 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. V. Everit Macy, 1923
Accession Number: 23.10.2
"Origin and Influence, Cultural Contacts: Egypt, the Ancient Near East, and the Classical World." The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, December 18, 1970–April 23, 1971.
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