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Axe Head

Object Number:48-2-195
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Western France
Carcassone
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Bronze
Length: 9.5 cm
Width: 4.4 cm
Depth: 1.2 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number:232 - Collector Number
L-2-304 - Old Loan Number

Description

Green patina. Object is intact. Balde and flared edge of the axe are slightly convex. Upper end is concave. There are ridges along both edges of both faces.

Bibliography:

[Book] Warden, P. G. 1997. The Hilprecht Collection of Greek, Italic, and Roman Bronzes in the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 69, no. A16View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Thesis] Moore, Charlotte B. 1969. Description and analysis of the bronze and lead objects in the Herman V. Hilprecht Collection, the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 248, no. 252; p. 384, fig. 185View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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