Accession No

1920.470


Description

Copper alloy axe-ingot, type III, with a curved, semicircular leading edge, tapering to a sub-rectangular butt. Obverse side has a deep circular depression in the centre. Cross section is plano-convex.


Place

Asia; South Asia; India; Jharkhand; Ranchi District; Bartola


Period

Bronze Age


Source

Patna Museum [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1920.470; 2705 [Patna Museum No.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper Alloy


Local Term


Measurements

16mm x 152mm x 110mm


Events

Context (Analysis)
Metallurgical analysis by Dr. Cecil Desch showed copper 93.22, lead 1.52.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


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. p. 45, Pl. 28, Fig. 378.
Event Date 1985
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


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


FM:135940

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