Stone axe or celt

Details

• Title

  Stone axe or celt

• Associated place

  Europe › Greece › Crete › Heraklion › Knossos (place of excavation)

• Date

  Neolithic Period (Crete) (c. 7000 - c. 3100 BC)

• Material and technique

  stone

• Object type

  tool/implement › celt;

  tool/implement › axe

• Dimensions

  3.5 cm (length)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, 1938.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1938.676

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