flat axe
- Museum number
- 1869,0724.1
- Description
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Copper alloy flat axe; only lower half remains. Very faint flanges, with decorative ridges across blade. Covered with a deep green patina; Værslev type (Vandkilde 1996). Recent damage on edge.
- Production date
- 2000 BC -1500 BC
- Dimensions
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Length: 80.80 millimetres (Max)
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Weight: 301.70 grammes
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Thickness: 16 millimetres (Max)
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Width: 84 millimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2011 20 Jun-2012 8 Apr, Denmark, Jelling, Kongernes Jelling, In Search of King Gorm
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1869,0724.1
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Worsaae 137
