Eastern Viking Period Iron Bearded Axe-Hammer

CIRCA 11TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.

9 in. (427 grams, 23 cm).

With a narrow straight bearded blade enlarged in the lower side, rounded hammer-section shank to the rear. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex private North American collection, California, USA, 1970s-1990s.

Literature

Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate LII, item 15.

Footnotes

The more commonly used weapons of the Finno-Ugrian people were axes, commonly found in all Finnic areas, as well as spears. Iron axeheads of this typology show a sub-trapezoidal asymmetrical blade.

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