This beautiful basalt stone ax was found at the end of the 18th century in Fiskumvannet in Øvre Eiker municipality. A farmer fishing with nets in the lake pulled up a “rock” that had been stuck in the net instead of a good catch. The ax was sent to the University's Antiquities Collection in 1853, and since then it has been recognized as the most beautiful battle-ax from the middle part of the Neolithic, well over 4500 years ago. It is tempting to think that the ax was not accidentally lost, but that it was intentionally lowered into deep water. The Fiskum ax differs from other axes because it is exceptionally well preserved and very elaborate. For these reasons, we can assume that Fiskumøksa may be a sacrificial find from the Neolithic. The ax is 18.6 cm long. C1836.