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axe
(?)
;
adze
(?)
Object Type
axe
(?)
adze
(?)
Museum number
1884,1210.187
Description
Small bronze axe or adze; cast; metal corroded.
Cultures/periods
Middle Cypriot III
Production date
1750 BC-1650 BC
Production place
Made in:
Cyprus
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Max Ohnefalsch-Richter
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Phoenikiais
, tomb
Materials
bronze
Type series
Stewart Type
(Part 4, p. 183. Copper and Bronze. C III type c)
Technique
cast
Dimensions
Length:
11.50 centimetres
(max)
Weight:
181 grammes
Curator's comments
Date based on Stewart's Corpus. Note that he was not aware that the two axes from this site illustrated in Ohnefalsch-Richter 1893 (CLXXIII, nos 20, 21d) were this item and GR 1884,12-10.186 Bibliography: Ohnefalsch-Richter M. 1893, Kypros, the BIble and Homer (London: Asher)
Bibliographic references
Bronze / Catalogue of the Bronzes in the British Museum. Greek, Roman & Etruscan.
(49)
Stewart CCAEBA / Corpus of Cypriot artefacts of the Early Bronze Age
(Part 4, p. 183. Copper and Bronze. C III type c, no. 25)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated through:
Claude Delaval Cobham
Acquisition date
1884
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1884,1210.187