
Weapons and Tools
Metal
Greece
The Government of the Hellenic Republic
Import Restricted since 2011.
Section I.B.4 of Designated List in force since 2011.
In copper, bronze and iron. Types include hooks, weights, axes, scrapers, (strigils), trowels, keys and the tools of crafts people such as carpenters, masons and metal smiths.
Approximate date: 4th millennium B.C. to 15th century A.D.
Example shown:
One Double and One Single Axe
Material: Bronze; Period: Early Helladic period (2600-1900 B.C.); Provenance: Thebes; Place of Production: Boeotia; Dimensions: length - 18 cm. (double), 13 cm. (single) / width - 5.4 cm. (double), 5.4 cm. (single) / thickness - 4.3 cm. (double), 3.6 cm. (single)
Archaeological Museum of Thebes