Sledgehammers of today come in 7,10 and 14 pound versions. A 5 kilo stone is about 11 pounds, so it's comparable. If you put one on a three foot shaft you could deal a fairly hefty blow whether it was axe shaped or not. Maybe some axes were used as weapons.
A stone pounding hammer consisting of a lump of dolerite bound between a pair of wooden shafts with leather thongs was found in Egypt. I don't have the reference handy, but I believe it was from the Old Kingdom c4500BCE. I'll try to dig out the details because it would be interesting to know how heavy the stone was.
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15th January 2004ce
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