flat axe
- Museum number
- 1849,0301.44
- Description
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Copper-alloy flat axe; with a thin, narrow, concave butt. Sides are roughly parallel to each other in upper half, then swing out gently in lower half to form a wide, rounded blade. Both faces are decorated with collums of straight lines, punched dots and zig-zag patterns on the lower half of the blade. The upper half on both sides has veritcal herringbone pattern; the sides have a hammered lozenge pattern.
- Dimensions
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Length: 191 millimetres (Max)
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Weight: 797.30 grammes
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Thickness: 11.50 millimetres (Max)
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Width: 120.70 millimetres (Max)
- Curator's comments
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Written on object - IRELAND.
Harbison 1969
Bibliography: The Archaeological Journal 6, 1849, 410; Evans, The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland (1881) 62 Fig. 30; 63; Megaw/ Hardy, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 4, 1938, 304 No. 218.
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Ballyvalley type.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1849,0301.44