Celt

33-50-1

From: Russia | Yaya River

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 33-50-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Russia | Yaya River
Section Near Eastern
Materials Bronze
Description

Cast from double mold. Oval in cross section; axis of socket running perpendicular to axis of blade. Edges taper from socketed end to sharp end. Network ornamentation on upper third of surface. Socket pierced by transverse perforation probably for nail. Sharp edge slightly flares from body of celt. Socket encircled by ridge.

Height 2.7 cm
Length 7.4 cm
Width 5.6 cm
Credit Line Exchange with the State Anthropological Museum, Moscow, 1933

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