Accession No
1924.934
Description
Copper alloy double looped socketed axe. Straight cutting edge with no bevel tapering slightly to a grooved body with three raised linear mouldings. Wedge shaped cross section with two loops either side of the square socket. A casting seam is visible and a dark patina and pitting is present across the whole surface of the object.
Place
Europe; Southern Europe; Portugal; Central Portugal
Period
Late Bronze Age
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]; Fonseca [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1924.934
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; ?Bronze; Copper Alloy
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Other owners)
From the Fonseca Collection.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Bronze socketed axe, double looped, with grooved face
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy socketed axe. Straight cutting edge with no bevel tapering slightly to a grooved body with three raised linear mouldings. Wedge shaped cross section with two loops either side of the square socket. A casting seam is visible and a dark patina and pitting is present across the whole surface of the object.
Event Date 25/3/2024
Author: Aedan Jones
FM:49397
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