Axe

1766–1045 BCE Overall: 23.8 cm (9 3/8 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.549

The head of an owl with large eyes and ears, sitting above the blade of a halberd-axe, may have deterred evil and harm from its carrier. Whether such an axe was used in ritual or warfare is not clear.

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