axe

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Object Type: axe
Museum number: 1899,1229.50
Description: Copper axe-head; cast; broad butt; flat with broad convex edge; probably cast in an open mould and then hammered.
Cultures/periods: Middle Cypriot III; Late Cypriot I
Production date: 1750BC-1550 BC
Production place: Made in: Cyprus
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: The British Museum; Excavated by: Francis Bertram Welch; Excavated by: Percy Christian
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Klavdia, Uncertain tomb
Materials: copper
Type series: Catling Type B.1.c
Technique: cast
Dimensions: Thickness: 0.35 - 0.70 centimetres; Width: 2.40 - 4.60 centimetres; Length: 12.10 centimetres; Weight: 197.40 grammes
Curator's comments: The type largely belongs to the Middle Cypriot period and becomes rare by LCI according to Catling (CBMW, 85).
Bibliographic references: Malmgren 2003 / Klavdhia-Tremithos. A Middle and Late Cypriote Bronze Age site. (Cat 126, p.54); Balthazar 1990 / Copper and Bronze Working in Early through Middle Bronze Age Cyprus (p. 364, table 123); Catling 1964 / Cypriot Bronzework in the Mycenaean World (p. 63); Kiely 2011d / Klavdia-Tremithos: A Bronze Age community in south-east Cyprus (U.31)
Location: On display (G72/dc8)
Acquisition date: 1899
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1899,1229.50

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