flat axe
- Museum number
- 1951,1103.1
- Description
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Copper-alloy flat axe; with a thin, narrow, rounded butt. Sides splay gently form the butt to form a wide, slightly rounded cutting-edge. Decorated on both faces with three hammered grooves and collums of punched dots which follow the curves of the grooves. Both sides are double-faceted with punched dots. Object has patches of green and brown patina and pits of corrosion.
- Dimensions
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Length: 211 millimetres (Max)
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Weight: 819.60 grammes
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Thickness: 14 millimetres (Max)
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Width: 112.90 millimetres (Max)
- Curator's comments
- Label attached to object surface - LOUGH CORRiB EiRE
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1951,1103.1
