Accession No
1919.58.3
Description
A bar celt ignot of cast copper or copper alloy. It has a plano-convex cross section, one narrow rounded end and is flattened and flared at the other end.
Place
Asia; South Asia; India; Jharkhand; Palamau District; Hami
Period
Bronze Age
Source
Patna Museum [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1919.58.3; 230 [Patna Museum no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; ?Copper; ?Copper Alloy
Local Term
Measurements
60mm x 25mm x 410mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Found at Hami, Palamau District in 1916. Part of a hoard of 19 similar axes and 6 axes similar to Bartola hoard (see 1920.467-470).
Event Date 1916
Author: maa
Context (Acquisition Details)
Acquired by exchange with the Patna Museum.
Event Date 1919
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1919.58[.1-4]: 'Four roughly cast copper 'bar-celt' of elongate chisel-like form'
Event Date 1919
Author: maa
Context (References)
Yule, Paul. (1985). Metalwork of the Bronze Age in India. Prahistorische Bronzefunde 20,8. Munich: C.H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. p. 46, Pl. 34. Fig. 418.
Event Date 1985
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
A bar celt ignot of cast copper or copper alloy. It has a plano-convex cross section, one narrow rounded end and is flattened and flared at the other end.
Event Date 3/10/2023
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:135931
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