axe-hammer
- Museum number
- Germ.92
- Description
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Perforated and polished pentagonal stone axe-hammer made of dark green basalt. On the sides and on either side of cylindrical perforation there are flat vertical ribs. The cutting edge is damaged. It has slightly pitted faces and is weathered in places.
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 22 millimetres (perforation)
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Length: 133 millimetres
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Weight: 677 grammes
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Thickness: 55 millimetres
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Width: 58 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Orlinska 2001
Findspot: Thüringen; Thüringen. Imprecise location.
“Bought at Dresden”.
References: Klemm J. G., undated. ‘Catalog der culturhistorischen Sammlung des verstorbenen Hofrath Dr. Gustav Klemm in Dresden Königsbrücker Strasse Nr. 84. Einleitung’ (Dresden) III, 8 (‘Axtklingen aus Stein. Durchbohrt’); Klemm, J. G., 1868b. A. ‘Germanische Alterthümer, British Museum, London (unpublished manuscript), no. 202 (unlocated); ‘Manuscript of Purchases made using the Christy Fund’, British Museum (unpublished), 1869, 87, no. 84; Klemm, G., 1854a, Werkzeuge und Waffen, Allgemeine Culturwissenschaft, in ‘Die materiellen Grundlagen menschlicher Cultur’, Leipzig, 82, fig. 151.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- Germ.92
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Klemm.244