flat axe
- Museum number
- 1964,1201.80
- Description
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Copper-alloy flat axe; with a thin, rounded butt. Sub-triangular in form. Sides splay gently from butt to form a slightly rounded cutting-edge. Entire object is covered with green and brown patina; there is a mound of corrosion on one face with blue corrosion despoits.
- Dimensions
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Length: 108.50 millimetres (Max)
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Weight: 260.70 grammes
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Thickness: 9.80 millimetres (Max)
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Width: 69.60 millimetres (Max)
- Curator's comments
- Written on object - 25952
Label attached to object surface - 67/3
Label attached to object surface - Enniskillen, -Ireland.-
Label attached to object - Enniskillen Co Fermanagh
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition notes
- Bought for Wellcome at Sotheby's, 6-7 December 1920. lot 67
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1964,1201.80
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 25952 (Wellcome Collection Number)