No. 53 (3169/O.A. VII b 51) (see front page no.15). Symmetrical double axe of bronze with oval shaft hole and collar on the lower (or upper?) side. The surface in its original colour without patina. Slightly damaged at the edges. L 18.1 cm. Max. D of shaft hole: 2.6 cm Provenance: Naxos. Bought by Sophus Müller in Greece in the fiscal year 1881-1882 (July 1881). Published: Branigan 1974, 165, cat. No. 547 (12) (“Double-Axes” Tp. IV). Buchholz 1960, p. 51, fig. 6a. Buchholz 1983, 89 (no. 14), Fig. 23, c. Comments: “North Greek-Southern Albanian double-axe variant Type “Kierion”" (Kilian 1976, 121, Abb. 7 and Kilian 1986, 287, Fig. 11). Extensive catalogue in Buchholz 1983, 83-90: „Doppeltäxte mit Tüllenwulst an der Oberseite“ („Hermonetyp“ und Varianten“) and Figs. 23-24. DATING: An unpublished very close parallel from Aghias Mammas, level 7 in Macedonia is dated to LHI-LHIIA (Bernhard Hänsel personal information). DISTRIBUTION: Distribution map in Buchholz 1983, Fig. 22 and 26 (“dalmatinisch-epeirotischer Types ….”. To this should be added the double axe from Aghias Mamas in Macedonia mentioned above. Also Buchholz 1999, 92 and Fig. 27, a and Albania, (Prendi 2002, Fig. 4, 11. Nepravishtë).