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Object type Bronze axe
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English: Bronze Battle Axe, Shang Dynasty (1600–1046 BC). Excavated at Subutun, Yidu, Shangdong Province, 1956. This axe was used in hand-to-hand combat, and was also a ritual object symbolizing power and military authority. The tomb it came from likely belonged to a man of wealth and influence.
العربية: فأس قتال برونزية
  • سلالة شانغ {1600 - 1046 B.C.)
  • تم التنقيب عنها في ييدو بمقاطعة شاندونغ , 1956
تم استخدام هذا الفأس في القتال اليدوي ، وكان أيضًا جسما طقسيًا يرمز إلى القوة والسلطة العسكرية. من المحتمل أن القبر الذي جاء منه كان ملكًا لرجل من الثروة والنفوذ.
Date circa 1200 BC
date QS:P571,-1200-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Dimensions height: 31.7 cm (12.4 in); width: 35.8 cm (14 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,31.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,35.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1074318
Place of creation Subutun, Shandong Province, China
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