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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