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LOT 1830
Bronze Age Ribbed Socketted Axehead
10TH-9TH CENTURY B.C.
2 7/8 in. (172 grams, 72 mm).
With rectangular-section mouth, integral collar developing to five vertical ribs on each broad face, two lateral loops; vent to each broad face, remains at casting sprue at collar.
Provenance
Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. Novotná, M., Die Äxte und Beile der Slowakei, Abteilung IX Band 3, Munich, 1970, item 750, for type.
Footnotes
The form with two lateral loops is unusual.
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