flat axe
- Museum number
- 1854,0714.183
- Description
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Copper alloy flat axe; with a straight, angular butt. Sides are almost parallel in the upper half, then gradually splay to form a wide, almost semi-circular cutting-edge, which is notched slightly.
- Dimensions
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Length: 165 millimetres (Max)
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Weight: 888.80 grammes
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Thickness: 12.60 millimetres (Max)
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Width: 112 millimetres (Max)
- Curator's comments
- Written on object - IRELAND.
Label attached to object surface - No. 92 54 7-14 183 COPPER HATCHET, (without ridge). found at Derrinsallagh King's Co AD 1852. From the Collection of Mr. COOKE, Parsonstown.
Harbison 1969
Single find.
Type Lough Ravel
Bibliography: Kemble, Horae Ferales (1863) 143 Pl. 4,2.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1854,0714.183
