- Museum number
- Germ.23
- Description
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Polished stone adze with unevenly polished convex faces. Resharpened cutting edge and flat butt damaged. Made of dark green gneiss.
- Dimensions
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Length: 67 millimetres
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Weight: 95 grammes
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Thickness: 19 millimetres
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Width: 43 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Orlinska 2001
Findspot: Halberstadt (vicinity of); "near Halberstadt". Imprecise location.
"Bought from Helm".
References: C III, 8 (1-27: ‘Axtklingen aus Stein. Angeschliffen: Norden von Europa’); GA nos 79, 82-87, 90, 94, 96-97, 99, 102, 104-108, 111, 114, 116-117, 119-120, 122 (1, 2-7, 8, 9, 10-11, 12, 13, 14-18, 19, 20, 21-22, 23-24, 25: ‘Halberstadt’), 146, 162 (26, 27: unlocated); ‘ChF’ 1869, 87, nos 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 23, 26, 32, 34, 35, 38, 42, 47, 50, 58, 62-63, 66, 67, 71, 73 (17, 6, 18, 27, 21, 25, 12, 9, 8, 15, 10, 13, 11, 7, 1, 19, 4, 14, 22-23, 24, 20, 26, 16); Klemm 1854a, 66, figs 109 (4), 111 (16; erroneously cited as fig. 112).
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- Germ.23
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Klemm.2433