Card/Transcription No.: 402

402 THE HANDLE OF AN ADZE (BRONZE and GOLD)

A (? ritualistic) heavy bronze adze-handle; finely worked and
inlaid with gold as follows: -
on back of handle: <>
on end of handle: <>
inlaid gold

The binding of the blade of ribbon sheet-gold.
Blade (? of gold) stolen by tomb-plunderers.

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Max. L. 18.5 cents.

POSITION:    
Thrown among a mass of material in front of doorway about 1 metre
in chamber. (Not visible in photo - se 1138)