Shaft-hole axe head with bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon
Unknown artist
Date: ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE
Medium: Silver, gold foil
Dimensions: H. to top of bird-demon heads: 10.8 cm (4 1/2 in.); L. 15 cm (5 7/8 in.); Weight 581 g Shaft hole: L. 5.1 cm (2 in.); W. 1.59 cm (5/8 in.)
Classification: Metalwork-Implements
Culture: Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
Period: Bronze Age
Themes: Birds, Boars, Demons, Dragons
Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, and James N. Spear and Schimmel Foundation Inc. Gifts, 1982
Met highlightDate range
-2250 – -1750
Largest dimension
15.0 cm
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