The Arkalochori Axe is a 2nd millennium BC Minoan bronze votive double axe head or labrys excavated by Spyridon Marinatos in 1934 in the Arkalochori cave in Crete,[1] which is believed to have been used for religious rituals.

[2] There are many other examples of labrys surviving from the Minoan Civilization, including considerable numbers found in the same cave,[3] but this one is unusual because of its large size and because it is inscribed with fifteen symbols.

Most are much smaller, though sometimes in gold or silver, although other "full-size" examples have been found, including in the Arkalochori cave.

Accordingly, it has been suggested that the partly-walled up cave functioned as a storeroom for a local guild of metal-workers producing these items.

The following suggestions for comparison with Linear A and Phaistos Disc glyphs are attributed to Torsten Timm (2004).