Credit: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1957. Metropolitan Museum of Art
License: CC0 1.0
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Comments: Pickaxe with crouching lion. Circa 2500 –2000 B.C.
Credit: Claus Ableiter
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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Comments: Pick and pickaxe from Pompeii, AD 79; Pompeii Exhibition 2007, European Culture Park Bliesbruck-Reinheim, pickaxe from Pompeii.
Credit: Hyena
License: Public Domain
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Comments: Modern pickaxe
From Webster: PICK, noun A sharp pointed tool for digging or removing in small quantities.