adze

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Object Type
Museum number: Germ.55
Description: Ground and polished stone flat adze of dark green slate. Flat lower and convex upper face and double faceted sides; resharpened cutting edge is damaged. Rounded thick butt also damaged.
Cultures/periods: Early Bronze Age (?); Middle Bronze Age (?)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Saxony (state)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Length: 104 millimetres; Weight: 194 grammes; Thickness: 18 millimetres; Width: 57 millimetres
Curator's comments: Orlinska 2001 References: C III, 8 ('Axtklingen aus Stein. Angeschliffen: Norden von Europa'); GA no. 67; ChF 1869, 87, no. 51.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Funder name
Previous owner
Acquisition notes: Bought by Klemm "at a sale at Dresden"
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: Germ.55
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: Klemm.1480

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