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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