/internal/media/dispatcher/1030872/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailVotive double axabout 1550–1500 B.C.Length: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.); width: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)GoldTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour58.10090Gold double axe composed of thin sheet gold mounted on a hollow gold shaft and outlined by bands of five incised lines. On left blade, inscription of four signs in undeciphered Linear A; posssible an invocation to the goddess Demeter. Two pierced holes on right blade. The axe was deposited in a sacred cave as a votive offering.Ritual objects15047201