A rare Egyptian Epsilon Copper Battle Axe, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11- 12, ca. 2040 - 1786 BCE Jewelry - Gemstones or a simple gesture of

or a simple gesture of appreciation

and a suspension loop

would imbue him with the same aura of power and authority as the pharaoh or god in the Other World

The curved handle allowed the strigil to be hung on a wall

Of high karat gold

A rare Egyptian Epsilon Copper Battle Axe, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11- 12, ca. 2040 - 1786 BCE Jewelry - Gemstones or a simple gesture ofA one handed weapon, the other hand being occupied by a shield, this thin wide edged blade was classed by Petrie as 'edged fighting baton'. In the form of the Greek letter epsilon, it is a slashing axe designed to inflict a swiping cut on an enemy. The axe has three pointed tangs forming two open scallops in the blade, creating a sharp outside edge with a dull and reinforced inside edge. The tangs would have been connected to a wooden shaft. Cf.