Axe

An iron axe, found at the foot of the castle hill in Lublin during construction works in 1993. It is probably a collective find. It consists of five axes and nine other iron objects, including knives, a padlock, and a buckle. The relics were presented to the Lublin Museum by an random explorer. The large axe has a semi fan-shaped blade, a sharply pointed top and a long shaft. There is a pottery mark on the neck in a pentagonal maker’s mark with a cross. More than thirty examples of axes from the late Middle Ages that have been discovered so far in the Lublin region date from the second half of the 13th-15th centuries. The political events of that period, marches of numerous armies, had a significant impact on the large number of weapon finds, including ice axes and axes. They are discovered at river crossings, in muddy valleys, watercourses and along major communication routes leading usually along river banks or through convenient passages - larger forest complexes and mountain ranges.

The typological analysis of the axe suggests a connection of the relic with the environment of the Lublin craftsmen. However, the place of discovery at the foot of the royal castle suggests another - representative - function of the axe collection.