Description
ITEM | Axe-head |
MATERIAL | Bronze |
CULTURE | Recent Bronze Age, Europe |
PERIOD | 1350-1150 B.C |
DIMENSIONS | 135 mm x 53 mm |
CONDITION | Good condition. |
PROVENANCE | Ex French private collection. |
DESCRIPTION | Socketed axe with slightly concave sides, circular mouth with raised collar and lateral holes for cross-pin, cutting edge slightly curved. Nervature forming a V’s on both sides, below the collar. |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | BIETTI SESTIERI, A. M., FLOYD MACNAMARA, E. Prehistoric metal artefacts from Italy (3500-720 B.C) in the British Museum (2007) p.68, Plate 23, Axes type 53, Fig. 100 |