handle
- Museum number
- 1868,1228.288
- Description
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L-shaped oak handle; for hafting iron winged pickaxe; cleft tips squashed; top abraded and worn. Salt crystals in crook of the handle.
- Production date
- 6thC BC-5thC BC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 36 millimetres
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Length: 294 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Orlinska 2001
Findspot: Hallein (Dürrnberg); Salzberge von Hallein; Bezirkhauptmannschaft Hallein; Salzburg; Salt Mine (Barth 1991, 164-5; Moosleitner 1991, 167, 169).
From Müller (Klemm 1854a, 105, fig.186).
References: C 4; III, 8 ('Werkzeuge aus Metall. Axtstiele'); GA no. 357; Klemm 1863, 1205; Guide 1920, 27, fig. 4.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1868,1228.288
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Klemm.3951