Accession No

1926.602 A


Description

Copper alloy axe. Round, flaring cutting edge; flat, flanged sides, with a lenticular cross-section; long haft; flattened, rounded butt.


Place

Europe; Western Europe; France; Corsica; Pioggiola


Period

Bronze Age


Source

Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]; Forsyth-Major, Charles Immanuel (Dr) [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1926.602 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

125mm


Events

Context (References)
Caziot, Eugène. (1 December 1897). 'Découvertes Préhistoriques et Archéologiques Faite en Corse, en 1897'. In La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes III Série, 28 Année No. 326. pp.30-32.
Event Date 01/12/1897
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
1926.602 A-C: 'Two axes and a spearhead: A: Flanged bronze axe, the flanged butt is unusually long in proportion to the blade, which is asymmetrical with crescentic cutting blade...'
Event Date 1926
Author: maa


Context (Auction / Sale)
Catalogue card: 'From the collection of the late Dr Charles Forsyth-Major. F.R.S. F.Z.S. Lot 260 of the sale at Stevens's Auction Rooms. 30.XI.26. Purchased by the donor'
Event Date 30/11/1926
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Display)
Exhibited: Archaeology Gallery, case 21, Clarke Gallery, 1984-2010.
Event Date 1984
Author: Esther Laver


Context (References)
Massiani, Santu. (2016). '"Una Storia ci he": Dans les pas de Guidone Franceschi decouvreur du Lointain passe de la Haute Vallee du Giussani (Haute-Corse)'. In Six millénaires en Balagne, troisième colloque du Laboratoire régional d’archéologie, 14-15-16 Octobre 2016. pp.24-33. p.26 fig. 6.
Event Date 10/2016
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy axe. Round, flaring cutting edge; flat, flanged sides, with a lenticular cross-section; long haft; flattened, rounded butt.
Event Date 15/4/2024
Author: Esther Laver


FM:48915

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