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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]
Provenance
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Literature
Cf. 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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