Copper flat axe, with broad straight butt and sides

Details

• Title

  Copper flat axe, with broad straight butt and sides

• Associated place

  Europe › Ireland › Co. Cork › Castletownroche (part of hoard) (find spot)

• Date

  Early Bronze Age (Ireland) (2500 - 1700 BC)

• Material and technique

  copper

• Material index

  processed material › metal › copper

• Object type

  tool/implement › axe › flat axe

• Dimensions

  16.7 cm (length)
  9 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by C. D. E. Fortnum, 1899.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1885.747

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