<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><pres:item xmlns:pres="http://kulturarvsdata.se/presentation#"><pres:version>1.3.0</pres:version><pres:buildDate>2026-05-24</pres:buildDate><pres:itemLabel>axe, yxa</pres:itemLabel><pres:dataQuality>Rådata</pres:dataQuality><pres:id>3500440</pres:id><pres:service>objekt</pres:service><pres:organization xml:lang="en">Statens museer för världskultur - Medelhavsmuseet</pres:organization><pres:organizationShort>SMVK-MM</pres:organizationShort><pres:type xml:lang="en">Föremål</pres:type><pres:entityUri>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3500440</pres:entityUri><pres:idLabel>SHM 19 666,1 MMLur 393</pres:idLabel><pres:description xml:lang="en">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.</pres:description><pres:content xml:lang="en">SHM 19 666,1 MMLur 393, Bought from antique dealer in Paris., 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?, Green, medium grey-green surface. Intact., H of shaft. 5.8 cm, L. 18.8 cm, Upper Ø 2.2 cm, Lower Ø 2.3 cm., Exhibition : från kilskrift till ryttarfolk 1996, 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!, Arne Förnvänner 1936: 107, Marino 2000 p. 17 pl. 1 Left Mid, Kilskrift och ryttarfolk, Främre Orienten, Iran, Främre Orienten - Showcase 09:02., Marino-Hultman, Pat (2000). Bronser från Luristan: persiska metallarbeten i Medelhavsmuseet = Ancient Persian metalwork : the collection of Luristan bronzes at Medelhavsmuseet. Republished and revised, Arne, Ture J. 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