Accession No
Z 11618
Description
Copper alloy sword chape or ferrule of wooden spear shaft, possibly Hallstatt B. Socket with oval cross-section, tapering towards flat mouth. Hemispherical terminal with two transverse moulded ridges below. Dark patina. Possibly a fake.
Place
Europe; Western Europe; Switzerland; Lake Neuchâtel; Auvernier
Period
Late Bronze Age
Source
Foster, Walter Kidman [collector and bequeather]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 11618; MAA: FB 305; PC 232
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
52mm
Events
Context (Analysis)
Possibly a fake says V.Gessner
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Context (Related Documents)
See card for sketch (1:1)
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Ferrule of the wooden shaft of a spear with dark patina. Good condition. described as a sword chape in the Foster Bequest Catalogue. Spitze eines holz? Lancen scaftes
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (References)
University of Cambridge, Museum of General and Local Archaeology. (1892). 'The Walter K. Foster Bequest. Catalogue of the Antiquities.'
Event Date 1892
Author: Danlei Zhou
Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy sword chape or ferrule of wooden spear shaft, possibly Hallstatt B. Socket with oval cross-section, tapering towards flat mouth. Hemispherical terminal with two transverse moulded ridges below. Dark patina. Possibly a fake.
Event Date 19/4/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou
FM:44089
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