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LOT 1614
Bronze Age Looped and Socketted Axehead Section
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/4 in. (74 grams, 59 mm).
Fragment comprising the hollow-formed body of the blade and flared cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
LiteratureCf. Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, item 116, for type with flared ends to blade.
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