Accession No

1923.1063 B


Description

Axe made from ground basalt. Square cross-section and teardrop plan; straight, vertical cutting edge; sides flare towards rounded butt; large circular hafting hole pierced through, top to bottom, at butt.


Place

Europe; Northern Europe; Scandinavia; Denmark; Sleswig; Flensborg


Period

Neolithic


Source

Ransom, William [collector]; Ransom, Francis [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1923.1063 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Basalt


Local Term


Measurements

53mm x 39mm x 120mm


Events

Context (Display)
Rectangular handwritten display label stored with 1923.1063 [A-P] reads: 'Stone implements from Norway and Denmark.' A later hand has added: 'Ransom Coll.'
Event Date
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


Context (Related Documents)
Rectangular handwritten draw label stored with 1923.1063 [A-P] reads: 'Ransom Coll. Neolithic Denmark.
Event Date
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed rectangular paper label adhered to object reads: 'Flensborg, Sleswig'.
Event Date
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 2 for 1923.1063 [A-K]: '8 ground stone axes with vertical sides (Danish type); 1 asymmetrical ground axe, marked ?Luiasta 1872; 1 shaft-hole axe, labelled Flensberg, Sleswig; 1 partly perforated shaft-hole axe.'
Event Date
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 1 for 1923.1063 [A-P]: 'Axes: (holed etc: polished with squared edges). Gouges: etc. 16 specimens. A from Skive (Jutland). B from Flensborg (Sleswig).
Event Date 1923
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Axe made from ground basalt. Square cross-section and teardrop plan; straight, vertical cutting edge; sides flare towards rounded butt; large circular hafting hole pierced through, top to bottom, at butt.
Event Date 25/4/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


FM:312878

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