Western Asiatic Paddle-Shaped Axehead

Ca. 2000-1750 BC A finely cast ancient Canaanite bronze socketed D-shaped axe head featuring a semicircular tongue-shaped cutting blade, decorated with two incised channels, two elliptical countersunk

2nd-1st millennium BC. A bronze axehead with leaf-shaped blade with central ridge, socket with small rim to top and bottom; to the side small figures of two men wrestling. 187 grams, 16cm (6 1/4") Pro

Early 1st millennium BC. A bronze axehead with C-shaped asymmetric blade, ovoid-section socket with rim to the mouth, rear flange formed as two bird's wings spread for flight and regardant head on a l

13th-6th century BC. A large bronze axehead with v-shaped socket and swept lower edge to the blade; raised rib to the socket. 345 grams, 17.8cm (7"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired prior to

2nd millennium BC. A bronze axehead with ovoid socket and ribbed tongue-shaped blade, two elliptical piercings to each face extending to the socket. 285 grams, 11cm (4 1/4") From a West Sussex collect

2nd millennium BC. A bronze axehead comprising a tubular socket with thickened rim above mouth to the lower rim, D-shaped rear flange with median rib, narrow blade with curved edge. Cf. Godard, F. The

2nd millennium BC. A bronze axehead with narrow lentoid-section shank, flared blade with raised Y-shaped lateral strips, concave mouths to the socket, scroll detailing to the mouths and finial. 210 gr

2nd millennium BC. A bronze axehead with crescentic blade, waisted neck with T-shaped extension to the rear. 390 grams, 13cm (5"). Property of a London collector, acquired in the early 1990s.

13th-6th century BC. A bronze axehead with spiked butt, vertical socket with C-shaped rim above and below, slender blade with rounded expanding edge. 318 grams, 15cm (6") Property of a North West Lond

3rd-early 2nd millennium BC. A bronze axehead with rounded butt, vertical socket with C-shaped rim above and below, slender lentoid-section blade with rounded expanding edge. 175 grams, 10cm (4"). Pri

6th-4th century BC. A bronze axehead comprising a tubular body with ribbed collars, pelta-shaped blade, three large lugs to the reverse. 232 grams, 88mm (3 1/2") Property of a North West London gentle

3rd-early 2nd millennium BC. A bronze axehead with rounded butt, vertical socket with C-shaped rim above and below, slender lentoid-section blade with rounded expanding edge. Cf. Godard, F. The Art of

13th-6th century BC. A bronze axehead with rounded butt, vertical socket with C-shaped rim above and below, slender blade with rounded expanding edge. 80 grams, 79mm (3 1/4") From an important private

Title: Large Western Asiatic Bronze Axe Head, c. 2nd - 1st Millennium B.C. Date & Origin: Western Asiatic, 2nd - 1st Millennium B.C. Desciption: Double edge axe, one side fan shaped with thinning blad

Western Asiatic, Ca. 1200-700 BC. A double axe-head cast in bronze. The weapon features a short cylindrical shaft hole with a collar, a flattened top with a vertical crescent-shaped blade with sides t

Western Asiatic, Ca. 1200-700 BC. A bronze axe head with a curved blade, tapering cheek, and a wedge-shaped adze to the rear. The shaft short and cylindrical. An axe such as this one would have been a

13th-6th century B.C. A bronze axehead with ribbed openwork socket terminating in a butt formed of four cones, the blade expanding from the mouth of a growling lion with a flowing mane; mounted on a c

1st millennium BC. A bronze axehead with flaring blade decorated with a crouching lion with hooked axe shape coming out of its mouth; blade is attached to the haft by a lion head; haft decorated with

13th-6th century BC. A bronze adze with expanding triangular-section blade, tubular socket with rib detailing, figure of a boar to the rear of the socket modelled in the round with hatched bristles an

2nd millennium BC. A bronze axehead with tubular socket and rectangular blade, slightly hooked to the underside; projecting section to the back with standing male figure to either side. 310 grams, 13c

2nd-1st millennium BC. A bronze axehead with rectangular blade with central ridge, socket with small rim to top and bottom; to the rear, a curved spur. 315 grams, 17cm (6 3/4") From an old German coll

1250-650 BC. A bronze axehead with tubular socket, triangular-section blade with convex edge, scooped profile to blade; lower edge of socket acutely angled. 352 grams, 14cm (5 1/2"). Property of a Lon

13th-6th century BC. A bronze axehead with tubular socket and rectangular blade, ribbed collar to lower edge of the socket and open-mouthed beast-head above. 171 grams, 11.5cm (4 1/2") Property of a r

1st millennium BC. A miniature bronze axehead with square socket ribbed to each face, triangular blade with spur to the upper edge; old collector's label '274' to one face. 70 grams, 74mm (3") Propert