Accession No

1919.58.4


Description

A bar celt ignot of cast copper or copper alloy. It has a plano-convex cross section, and tapers to a rounded point at one end and is flattened and squared at the other end.


Place

Asia; South Asia; India; Jharkhand; Palamau District; Hami


Period

Bronze Age


Source

Patna Museum [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1919.58.4; 219 [Patna Museum no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; ?Copper; ?Copper Alloy


Local Term


Measurements

43mm x 17mm x 490mm Weight 2.0kg


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. 419.
Event Date 1985
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Display)
Exhibited: on display in the Andrews Gallery, Case 4.13, between 13/04/2012 and 17/02/2020.
Event Date 13/4/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Physical description)
A bar celt ignot of cast copper or copper alloy. It has a plano-convex cross section, and tapers to a rounded point at one end and is flattened and squared at the other end.
Event Date 3/10/2023
Author: Emily Shorter


FM:135932

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