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LOT 0365
Bronze Age Flanged Axe
CENTRAL EUROPE, 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/4 in. (280 grams, 16 cm).
A substantial wing-flanged bronze axehead with narrow straight blade and convex cutting edge, lateral rhomboid in-turned flanges meeting at the centre of each side; square butt.
ProvenanceEx German collection, 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B., The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab. IX, vol. 7, Munich, 1981, p.100-4, for type.
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