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LOT 1426
Viking Age Iron Bearded Axehead
11TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/2 in. (602 grams, 16.5 cm).
Finno-Ugrian with curved blade, swept rear edge, square chin, socket with downwards flanged sides. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1971-1972.
From the collection of the vendor's father.
Property of a London, UK, collector.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XCII, item 16.
FootnotesThis type of bearded axe seems to correspond to the category of Eastern Axes inside the Viking axe classification. Usually these bearded axeheads (skeggöks) had a longer edge, designed to split tree trunks into planks and beams. Some of the bearded axes were known as halfÞynna öx; the neck on such 'half thin axe' was thinly forged, to make it lighter. Bearded axes of this type appear also in the weaponry of people from the Baltic.
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