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Estimate
GBP (£) 300 - 400
EUR (€) 350 - 460
USD ($) 400 - 540
(9 Bids, Reserve met)
CIRCA 10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/2 in. (632 grams, 19 cm).
Finely curved broad blade with chin to the lower edge, rounded socket with lateral triangular extensions and a rectangular extension to the rear; professionally cleaned, conserved, and restored. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
From the family collection of a South East London collector; formerly acquired in the late 1950s.
LITERATURE:
Cf.Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.14 (3); Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CXXIV, item 4.
FOOTNOTES:
This type of bearded axe seems to correspond to the E2 category of the Viking axe classification, but also has affinity with the Slavic type of axes Y. 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 a 'half thin axe' was thinly forged, to make it lighter.
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