有角石斧, Stone Axe with Hornlike Protrusions (Yūkaku sekifu), Final Jōmon period (ca. 1000–300 B.C.), Japan, Stone, H. 10 in. (25.4 cm); W. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); D. 1 in. (2.6 cm), Stone, This exceedingly rare archaeological artifact—coincidentally resembling the Egyptian hieroglyph anhk, symbolizing “life”—appears to have had a ritual rather than practical function. Only a handful of other similar examples have been published, dated mostly to the mid-Yayoi period based on proximity to datable material in excavation sites in Chiba, Kanagawa, and the Tōhoku region
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有角石斧, Stone Axe, Hornlike Protrusions, Yūkaku sekifu, Final Jōmon period, ca, 1000–300 B.C, Japan, Stone, H, 10, 25.4 cm, W, 4 3/4, 12.1, D, 1, 2.6, exceedingly, rare, archaeological, artifact—coincidentally, resembling, Egyptian hieroglyph, anhk, symbolizing, life, —, ritual, practical function, handful, examples, published, dated mostly, mid-Yayoi, based, proximity, datable material, excavation sites, Chiba, Kanagawa, Tōhoku region
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