Context (Field collection)
Part of a hoard of 21 similar axes found in 1915 in the soil after it had been washed away by the rains.
Event Date 1915
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
Acquired by exchange with the Patna Museum.
Event Date 1920
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Copper celt.'
Event Date 1920
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Exhibited: on display in the Clarke Gallery, case 65, from 1984 until 25/02/2010.
Event Date 1984
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (References)
Yule, Paul. (1985). Metalwork of the Bronze Age in India. Prahistorische Bronzefunde 20,8. Munich: C.H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. pp. 44-45, Pl. 28, Fig. 375.
Event Date 1985
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Copper or copper alloy axe-ingot, type III, with a curved, semicircular leading edge, tapering to a sub-rectangular butt. Obverse side has a deep, off-centre, circular depression. Cross section is plano-convex.
Event Date 3/10/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad