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SHM 19 666,1 MMLur 393 :: axe

Object description: Cast. Axe-head with spiked butt. Cylindrical shaft with four double ribs terminating at the back in long pointed spikes joined by vertical ridge. Blade springs from the three top ridges sloping down to a convex cutting edge, with rounded bottom edge and blade swinging down. Both upper and lower edges are strengthened by a thickening, and the upper two shaft ridges extend onto the neck of the blade. Decor: bands of incised zigzag bands and herringbone patterns alternating on neck. Striations on ridges from shaft. Upper edge of blade incised with alternating cross hatched and incised bands of X's half way to point.

Data elements
References (3)

Inventory number

SHM 19 666,1 MMLur 393

Serie nummer

644

MM Lur

393

Object

axe

Object, Swedish

yxa

Country - Findspot

Iran : Asia

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Iran

Place - Findspot

Kakavend, Luristan 1931

Material

Bronze high tin

Exhibitions

Exhibition : från kilskrift till ryttarfolk 1996

Acquisition

Bought from antique dealer in Paris.

Description

Cast. Axe-head with spiked butt. Cylindrical shaft with four double ribs terminating at the back in long pointed spikes joined by vertical ridge. Blade springs from the three top ridges sloping down to a convex cutting edge, with rounded bottom edge and blade swinging down. Both upper and lower edges are strengthened by a thickening, and the upper two shaft ridges extend onto the neck of the blade. Decor: bands of incised zigzag bands and herringbone patterns alternating on neck. Striations on ridges from shaft. Upper edge of blade incised with alternating cross hatched and incised bands of X's half way to point.

Period

Luristan Iron I-II

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

1200-850 BC

Name - Acquired from

Statens Historiska museum

Source - http: www.historiska.se, collections.smvk.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 [?]

Kilskrift och ryttarfolk

Time - Start: 1996-051996-05

Exhibition, Part of - Previously

Främre Orienten - Showcase 09:02.

Comments

High tin meaning more than 10%. 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: Vanden Berghe 1971b p.270. Bronze socked axe Bard-i-Bal, Chinar Bashi, tomb 2, L: 22 cm 1100-1000 BC. Straighter cutting edge than ours, more oval curve from shaft to cutting edge;

—1973a fig 5: 6, 1100-1000 BC, Bard-i Bal; L: 21, H 5.5, W blade 10. Tomb 2 H see above, ibid. Fig 11:48. Spikes remain, L: 5, H: 5, Shaft diameter c 2, Shaft hole. Bard-i-Bal tomb 17. Iron 2, 1000-800/750 BC;

—1970b fig 117:6 Bard-i Bal tomb 2 see above, also fig. 120;

— 1973e 65p 25 lower left. Kutal-i Gulgul tomb B 3 Iron 1-Early Iron 2, 1100-850 BC. Less curved blade than ours. 2 ribs? onto blade?

Cf/collection: Lassen 1985 no 4, analysis = very similar;

Potratz 1968 Sarre taf III: 12-17, unique decor; Maxwell-Hyslop 1949 pl. xxxvi-ii type 20B, blade splayed, ribbing continued on surface, inscribed Late 2 Early 1 Mill (1500-1250-800 BC);

Speleers 1931 fig. 9 average 20 x 8 cm!

Publications

Arne Förnvänner 1936: 107, Marino 2000 p. 17 pl. 1 Left Mid

PhotoNegNo

(983) 7 above Margareta Sjöblom

Reference - Published in

Arne, Ture J. (1936) De komparativa samlingarna i Statens historiska museum 1926-1935, Fornvännen 31:99-114

Source - http: libris.kb.se, kulturarvsdata.se

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

ower,18,8 cm

Height / Höjd

5,8 cm

Cf MMLur

103

Diameter

2,2 cm; 2,3 cm

Dimensions

H of shaft. 5.8 cm, L. 18.8 cm, Upper Ø 2.2 cm, Lower Ø 2.3 cm.

Analysis no

125

Cu

89.48

Zn

0.01

Ag

0.02

Sn

10.34

Pb

0.1

Total

99.95

Condition

Green, medium grey-green surface. Intact.

Week - Object of the week

2017-04; 2030-04

Original register

Luristan

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