Small jadeitite axe, Neolithic, 5th–4th millennium B.C., Cretan, Steatite, green, L. 1 3/8 in. (3.49 cm); W. 1 1/4 in. (3.17 cm), Miscellaneous-Stone, The circular hole is a later, possibly Bronze Age or ancient Greek, addition. This axe may have served as a votive after its initial utilitarian use in the Stone Age. Such axes were known as thunderstones in ancient Greek times and were believed to be physical manifestations left by the lightning bolts of Zeus, the thunder god
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Small jadeitite axe, Neolithic, 5th–4th millennium B.C, Cretan, Steatite, green, L, 1 3/8, 3.49 cm, W, 1/4, 3.17, Miscellaneous-Stone, circular, hole, later, Bronze Age, ancient Greek, addition, axe, served, votive, initial utilitarian, Stone, axes, thunderstones, times, believed, physical manifestations, left, lightning bolts, Zeus, thunder god
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