The Bronze Age Axe Collection

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Varna

"Old Europe" copper axe of the KGK VI complex.
 

Maikop

Shaft-hole axe, Maikop culture, Maikop Type I

Bányabükk

Shaft-hole axe, type Bányabükk (Carpathian)/Maikop Type II

 

SAKHCHA

(Yamna culture, 3300-2500 B.C.)

Shaft-hole axe, type Yamna. Replica of axe from Sakhcha, settlement site in Ulyanovsk region. Yamna-Poltavka culture. Weight: 980 gr. Length: 12.8 cm. Unalloyed copper, hardened edge.
Price: 1900,-NOK (Norwegian Kroner, shipping not included).
hafted (elm): 2900,- NOK (Norwegian Kroner, shipping not included).

Ur

Shaft-hole axe, Royal tobs of Ur, Mesopotamia. Maxwell-Hyslop type 5-6 (click image for further information).
Price:2800,- NOK (Norwegian Kroner, shipping not included).
hafted (elm):4000,- NOK (Norwegian Kroner, shipping not included)

Thebes (2055-1650 BC.)

Middle Kingdom crescentic axe, Thebes, Egypt. Low alloy (5% tin). Total width: 21,7 cm. Weight: 170 grams. Replica of original (British Museum EA67481).  (click image for further information)
Price: 2200,-NOK (Norwegian Kroner, shipping not included).
hafted (elm with rawhide bindings): 3500,-NOK (Norwegian Kroner, shipping not included).

Thebes

Narrow flat lugged battle axe with facets, New Kingdom (18th Dynasty) Egypt.
Weight: ca. 420 grams. Lenght: 13.6 cm. Alloy: 10% tin. Replica of original (British Museum EA30068, unknown provenance, Egypt). (click image for further information)
Price: 2400,- NOK (Norwegian Kroner, shipping not included).
hafted (elm):4000,- NOK (Norwegian Kroner, shipping not included).
 
 
 

Sichem

Fenestrated axe, type "D-shape", Sichem. 2000 - 1900 BC. 12,6 cm x 7,7 cm. Weight: 240 grams. Alloy:13 % tin. Replica of original (München AS2913; H. W. Müller 1987: Die Waffenfund von Balata-Sichem). (click image for further information)
Price: 2500,- NOK (Norwegian Kroner, shipping not included).
hafted (elm, curved): 3900,- NOK (Norwegian Kroner, shipping not included).

Byblos

Fenestrated axe, type "Duck-bill", Byblos. 1900-1750 BC. Length: 11,6 cm. Weight: 260 grams. Alloy: copper with 8% tin, 7% lead. Replica of original ("Field of offerings/Champ aux offrandes", Byblos; National Museum of Beirut no. 6270). (click image for further information)
 
Price: 2300,- NOK (Norwegian Kroner, shipping not included).
hafted (elm, curved): 3900,- NOK (Norwegian Kroner, shipping not included).

 

 
 

Kafer Mallik

Narrow bladed shaft-hole axe (Miron type I), 1770 - BC. Length: 13,6 cm. (model image)

Jericho

Narrow bladed shaft-hole axe (Miron type II), MB IIA-IIB. Length: 15,6cm. (model image)

Beth-Shean

Late Bronze Age shaft-hole axe, "open hand"/"spike-butted"-type, Beth Shean, Israel. Alloy: 10% tin. (click image for further information).
Price: 2900,- NOK (Norwegian Kroner, shipping not included).
hafted (elm, curved): 4500,- NOK (Norwegian Kroner, shipping not included).

 

 

Boğazköy

Hittite Old Kingdom battle axe (type Firaktin). Replica of axe found at Old Kingdom capital Hattussa/Boğazköy. Lenght: 14 cm. (model image)

Apa

Disc-butted axe type A2. C. 1600 B.C. (model image)
 

Apa

Shaft-tube axe. C. 1600 B.C. (model image).

Apa

Crest-butted axe. C. 1600 B.C. (model image).

Denmark

Nordic paalstave, weapon-type.