Adzes
This category includes objects with an edge, the head mounted perpendicular to the handle.
This category includes objects with an edge, the head mounted perpendicular to the handle. It can be used for chopping, smoothing, or carving wood.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 190 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze adze or terriya [drawing] |
| 226 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze adze blade. Socket missing. |
| 6135 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze adze head. B. [drawing 1:4] |
| 6137 | (none) | 1927,0527.97 | (none) | Bronze adze head. E. [drawing 1:4] | |
| 6927 | (none) | (none) | B16432 | Adze head. Bronze? Upper and lower portion of handle ribbed. No traces of wood found in handle hole. In text: Kassite period (7) and fig. E. [drawing 1:2] | |
| 6928 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Adze head. Bronze? Triangular in section, with rounded edges. In elevation oblong and arched.. Adze consists of two oblong slightly convex slabs with rounded edges turned in, welded at top to form an arched join. 2 bronze cross pieces 12mm away from open ends. Wood belonging to handle was probably sickle shaped. B [drawing 1:2] |
| 7544 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Adze head. Copper. [drawing 1:2] |
| 7861 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper adze. [drawing] |
| 7981 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper adze. [drawing] Normal type, socketed. |
| 8077 | (none) | 1928,1009.214 | (none) | Copper adze. Normal type. [drawing] | |
| 8414 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Adze Copper [drawing] not to scale |
| 8516 | (none) | 1928,1009.219 | (none) | Copper adze In bad condition Type 5 (new) | |
| 8757 | (none) | (none) | B17419 | Adze. Copper. Common type. Part of shaft broken. Type 2 (new) | |
| 8933 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper adze. [drawing] |
| 9068 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axe Thin sheet copper Tip broken into 2 pieces Haft end of blade turned over to form shaft, one side of which forms an overlap of 003 long upon the blade. [drawing] Portion of underside of blade near top is missing [Type] XIV |
| 9110 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper adze [drawing] Bad condition |
| 9339 | (none) | (none) | B16691 | Adze. Gold. With this were found 3 pieces of gold binding probably belonging to the handle, 2 round the middle of the shaft, and one at the end, and with the last a copper nail or stud as pommel: widths of bands 003, 004, and at bottom 0075 shaped: [drawing] Type 5 (new) | |
| 9536 | (none) | (none) | B16917 | Copper Blade Long triangular shape [drawing] Type IV | |
| 9861 | (none) | 1928,1010.305 | (none) | Copper Adze. [drawing] | |
| 9887 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Adze Normal type |
| 10368 | (none) | (none) | B17275 | Copper Adze Small type Type 5 | |
| 10415 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Adze Type__ |
| 10504 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Adze Normal type but abnormally large & heavy [drawing] Type 3 (new) |
| 10956C | (none) | 1928,1010.398 | (none) | [A-B] Copper Ladles. Two of different types, corroded together: also a copper adze. (the handle of A & the tip of B are broken). (C) Adze normal type. [drawing] |
| 11163 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Adze. Type II (new) |
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