Archaeological Collection
The jade axe
Item name:The jade axe
Dating:5th–4th millennium BC
Material:Jade
Dimensions:l. 14.9 cm
Findspot:Vinji Vrh
Inv. No.:P 4526
On display:The Earliest Stories from the Crossroads
Description
The jade axe from Veliki Vinji vrh near Šmarjeta was found in an
Iron Age grave. It was presumably unearthed in the Iron Age in the
vicinity of Veliki Vinji vrh and placed into a grave as a rarity and an
object of great value.
Further reading
Turk, Peter and Turk, Matija, 2019: The Earliest Stories
from the Crossroads, Ljubljana, Fig. 144, pp. 108, 244.
On display in the Permanent Exhibition