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LOT 1549
Bronze Age 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.
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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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. 172 grams, 72 mm
Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.
The form with two lateral loops is unusual.