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SHM 20563 MMLur 098 :: Axe

Object description: Cast. Socket-hole axe-head. Socket like 97 with additional Rounded knob in middle of shaft butt, more pronounced upper ridge decorated with incised striped alternating hanging and standing triangles, and two rows of herringbone pattern above bottom ridge. Blade is truncated triangle with slightly rounded corners on cutting edge. Decor: three parallel vertical bands of herringbone pattern encased in a single line, which doubles after last herringbone band and is diagonally hatched, framing the entire blade.

Data elements
References (5)

Inventory number

SHM 20563 MMLur 098

Serie nummer

339

MM Lur

Object

Axe

Object, Swedish

Yxa

Country - Findspot

Iran : Asia

Place - Findspot

Luristan

Region - Findspot

Lorestan

Material

Bronze; Metal

Material, Swedish

Brons

Exhibitions

Exhibition 1999

Acquisition

Bought by Prof. Ture Arne in Iran in 1932

Description

Cast. Socket-hole axe-head. Socket like 97 with additional Rounded knob in middle of shaft butt, more pronounced upper ridge decorated with incised striped alternating hanging and standing triangles, and two rows of herringbone pattern above bottom ridge. Blade is truncated triangle with slightly rounded corners on cutting edge. Decor: three parallel vertical bands of herringbone pattern encased in a single line, which doubles after last herringbone band and is diagonally hatched, framing the entire blade.

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

2400 BC

Name - Acquired from

Arne, Ture J:son (1879-05-07 - 1965-08-02), Archaeologist

Description: Ture Arne Johnson, born May 7, 1879 in Söderköping, died 2 August 1965, Swedish archaeologist.
PhD in Uppsala in 1914 with the thesis "La Suède et l'Orient, études sur les relations archéologiques de la Suède et de l'Orient pendant l'Age des Vikings". Arne's field of work was mainly the contacts between Scandinavia and the early Russia.
Source - http: collections.smvk.se
Source, Wikip. - is desc. by: sv.wikipedia.org
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

Statens Historiska museum

Source - http: collections.smvk.se, www.historiska.se
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

Exhibition - Previously

Främre Orienten

Description: Near Eastern Collections
Among the highlights in the Near Eastern collection, are the Bronze Age objects found by professor T Arne, during the Swedish excavations of 1932 in Shah Tepe in northeastern Iran.
The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities also has one of the world's largest and finest collections of ancient Persian bronzes from Bronze- and Iron Age Luristan(2700 BC – 650 BC.
From Mesopotamia the museum has a representative collection of cuneiform tablets and seals from Sumerian and Babylonian times.
A relief from the Northwest palace in Nimrud, built by the Assyrian king Assurnasirpal II and dated to 860 BC, can be seen at the museum. Across the relief is a long inscription that tells the story of the king and his achievements.
The Englishman Austin Henry excavated the relief in the 1840’s in Iraq and presented it to Queen Josephine of Sweden. She in turn donated it to The National Museum of Fine Arts in Stockholm for its opening in 1866.A copy of the original relief is on display for the time being at the museum. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2010-09-08)
The exhibition is located in room 9.
Time - Start: 20002000 [?]
Time - End: 20122012 [?]

Exhibition, Part of - Previously

Främre Orienten - Showcase 09:02.

Event - Was Present At

The Swedish archaeological expedition to Iran (1932-1933)

Source - http: collections.smvk.se

Comments

Northover personal communication metallurgy seminar Uppsala fall 97 ancients very much aware and careful measurements for intended effect high tin. For silver appearance, easily cast?

Cf Publications

Cf/excavation: Schmidt et alii 1989, pl. 120a CS 104 H7,5, L: 12, p. 28 Chiga Sabz, tomb M7x3 male? adult, with dagger and axe, Middle Bronze Age Giyan IVC-III or undetermined;

Cf/collection: Potratz 1963 Corpus: taf. XXX: 3 decor incised, blade shape like ours, most likely a fake: clumsier than ours.

Publications

Marino 2000 p. 17 pl. 1 Right above

PhotoNegNo

(983) 1 lower R 3 above (Margareta Sjöblom)

Reference - Published in

Marino-Hultman, Pat (2000). Bronser från Luristan: persiska metallarbeten i Medelhavsmuseet = Ancient Persian metalwork : the collection of Luristan bronzes at Medelhavsmuseet. Republished and revised

Source - http: libris.kb.se

Kind

Length / Längd

13 cm

Height / Höjd

7,1 cm

Cf MMLur

Diameter

2,2 cm; Lower,2 cm

Dimensions

H. 7.1 cm, L. 13 cm, Ø Upper. 2.2 cm, Ø Lower. 2 cm.

Analysis no

122

Cu

88.58

Zn

0.02

Ag

0.01

Sn

10.77

Pb

0.07

Total

99.45

Condition

Shiny green on wine surface. Intact.

Original register

Luristan

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