Polished Stone Axe, Montemor-o-Novo

Provenance and description: The Anta Grande da Comenda da Igreja is a megalithic funerary monument, north of Montemor-o-Novo, built in the transition from the 4th to 3rd millennium BC. It is one of the largest neolithic funerary structures in the Iberian Peninsula, presenting a polygonal chamber with stones of about 6m in height and the corridor with 11m in length. It was excavated at the end of the 19th century and in the 80's of the 20th, from which an important set of votive objects was recovered from which this polished stone axe belongs. It was manufactured from an amphibolite block cut from a conical shape. It presents partial polishing on the bead and total on the edge. It is part of the collection of the museological reserves of the National Museum of Archeology and is currently exhibited in the Museum of the Convent of S. Domingos, in Montemor-o-Novo. Inventory number: CSD 0530 Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab来源与概况：孔门达达伊格雷宏大石墓（Anta Grande da Comenda da Igreja）是一处史前丧葬巨石建筑，坐落于葡萄牙蒙塔迪什-迪诺武（Montemor-o-Novo）以北，建造于公元前4千纪至公元前3千纪的过渡阶段。它是伊比利亚半岛规模最大的新石器时代丧葬建筑之一，拥有由高度约6米的石块构筑的多边形墓室，以及一条长11米的墓道。该遗迹曾于19世纪末与20世纪80年代两次开展考古发掘，从中出土了一批重要的祭祀器物，这件磨光石斧便出自该批遗存。该石斧以角闪岩（amphibolite）块料切割为锥状造型制成，器身柄端仅作局部磨光，刃部则施以通体磨光。目前该器物被收录于国家考古博物馆（National Museum of Archeology）的馆藏文物储备库中，现展出于蒙塔迪什-迪诺武的圣多明我修道院博物馆。藏品编号：CSD 0530 来源：Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab