The Iron Axehead

It's taken me quite a while to cataloge the majority of Samor's rift notes, most of them seem to be in an almost intentionally random order, as if devised in some system only Samor could understand. One of these files especially perked my interest, a series of chemical analysis charts titled "'sphinx' axe comp." Aparently Samor had his mysterious iron axe head analyzed and discovered trace minerals buried within the rusted "poc marks" on it's face. It appears by his analysis that the axe head was submerged in an extremely mineral-rich body of water, the traces of iron are especially high in relation to other trace minerals the lab detected. I have sent all the information I have on the axe head, including detailed photographs I uncovered, to a friend of mine who specializes in salvaging underwater wrecks. Perhaps he can tell me more about the body of water in which the axe head was submerged.

I am puzzled as to the purpose of this indentation. Cringe suggests that it is some sort of blood-letting groove, to keep blood from running down the blade. I disagree, the blade seems much to heavy to have been very practical in batttle in addition to the fact that the opposite end of the blade seems more utility-like than war-like, and has obviously been used to pound another metal object.