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Historical Archive: Axes and Hatchets Representations follow surviving objects. ceremonial axe with elk fr. Olen'-Kolodez' mound 7, iron/silver, ulus of Jochi or Golden Horde c.1300, Hermitage GIVO-4/1996. For oblique view see Hermitage. Standard of Ur, lapis lazuli, shell, and red limestone, c. 2600-2400 BCE, BM ME 121201. This work has its own page. Stele of Naram-Sin, pink limestone, 2254-2218 BCE, Louvre. For other views see Louvre. right: birth of Athena, Etrusco-Italic bronze mirror back fr. Arezzo, 330-310 BCE, Bologna IT 1073. For full work see Bologna. miniature tools or weapons, bronze, 1st to 3rd c., BM, 2975+ denarius of Julius Caesar, 48-47 BCE, MNW 219169 rev upper right: Szilágy Somlyó amulet chain, gold/rock crystal, prob. c.400-50, poss. late 4th c., KHM VIIb 1. The Szilágy Somlyó treasure has its own page with other views. Werden Casket, ivory, early 9th c.?, V&A 149-, 149A-, 149B-1866. For companion panels see V&A. Weston church cross fragment side 2, top recut with Viking imagery, Yorkshire Museum. For full object see York. soldier, Byzantine ivory 10th-11th c., Schn B6 axe, sword: Reliquary of SS. Adrian and Natalia, León 12th c., silver on oak, AIC 1943.65. This work has its own page with more examples. top: Chartres west façade center 1140s-c.1150. For more views see Chartres. Betrayal, Pisa Cathedral doors, bronze, Bonannus of Pisa c.1180. This work has its own page with swords. Thomas Becket reliquary, copper/enamel, c.1200-1210, SF. For oblique view see SF. reliquary of Thomas Becket, copper alloy/enamel, Limoges c.1200-25, Cluny Cl. 22596. For details see Cluny. Muhammad ibn al-Zayn, Baptistère de Saint Louis, Egypt or Syria c.1330-40, Louvre LP16. This work has its own page with swords and spears. bottom: Kloster Wienhausen nuns' choir, painted c.1335, which has its own page Dečani monastery naos frescoes, 1335-47, which have their own pages ciborium monstrance, silver gilt/rock crystal/enamel, c.1350-75, DMP PR109, which has its own page with sword walrus ivory crozier, Norway, late 14th c., V&A A.1-2002. This work has its own page. Resurrection, painted ivory, early 15th c., poss. Cologne, Schn B167. For reverse see Schn. hatchet: Man of Sorrows from St. Nicholas church in Brzeg (Brieg), Wrocław 1443, paint on larch wood, MNW Śr. 343. This work has its own page. Albrecht Altdorfer 1509-18, Pilate washing his hands, from altarpiece of St. Sebastian, Abbey of St. Florian axe: Meerbeck carver, Passion c.1525-30, North Paradise, Cathedral, Hildesheim, which has its own pages with details Giovanni Bernardi, Christ before Pilate, obverse, intaglio rock crystal in gold with enamel and gems, c.1547, WAM 41.240. For other views see Walters.