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品名（中）	Ax头部
品名（英）	Ax head
入馆年号	1941年，41.6.9
策展部门	埃及艺术（Egyptian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 1981
创作地区	来自于: 埃及（From: Egypt）
分类
尺寸	高 5.1 厘米 (2 英寸); 宽 10.9 厘米 (4 5/16 英寸); 深 2 厘米 (13/16 英寸)
介绍（中）	像这样的"鸭嘴形"斧头主要在青铜时代中期IIA阶段在叙利亚 - 巴勒斯坦生产，该阶段与埃及第12王朝大致同时期。从北部的安纳托利亚到南部的尼罗河三角洲，它们在整个地中海东部世界都有证明。例如，在三角洲Tell el-Daba（古代阿瓦里斯）的第12王朝后期的一座坟墓中发现了一个与此非常相似的斧头，许多亚洲人在中王国时期定居在那里，后来建立了希克索斯王朝的首都。这种亚洲类型不像典型的埃及斧头那样有一系列小的装订孔，而是有一个大插座来接收斧头。由于形状狭窄，它的刀刃比埃及的刀刃小得多，但挥动这把沉重的斧头所产生的力量会如此集中，以至于一击可能被证明是致命的，特别是因为直到新王国时期，埃及士兵显然不知道盔甲和头盔。
介绍（英）	"Duckbill-shaped" axes like this one were produced primarily in Syria-Palestine during the Middle Bronze Age IIA phase, which is roughly contemporaneous with the 12th Dynasty in Egypt. They are attested throughout the eastern Mediterranean world from Anatolia in the north to the Nile Delta in the south. An ax head very similar to this one, for example, was found in a tomb in the late 12th Dynasty stratum at Tell el-Daba (ancient Avaris) in the delta, where many Asiatic people settled during the Middle Kingdom and later established the capital city of the Hyksos Dynasty. Instead of having a series of small binding-holes like a typical Egyptian ax, this Asiatic type has a large socket to receive the haft. Its cutting edge is much smaller than that of its Egyptian counterpart due to its narrow shape, but the force generated by swinging this hefty ax would have been so focused that a single blow might have proven lethal, especially since armor and helmets were apparently unknown to Egyptian soldiers until the New Kingdom.