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.

CONDITION

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