Grey flint adze with a thick butt

Details

• Title

  Grey flint adze with a thick butt

• Associated place

  Europe › Denmark › Jylland › Bardin (Barde) (E. of Pingjobing) (find spot)

• Date

  Neolithic Period (Denmark) (c. 3900 - c. 1700 BC)

• Material and technique

  flint

• Material index

  inorganic › mineral › silica › flint

• Object type

  tool/implement › adze

• Dimensions

  15.4 cm (height)
  5.4 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, from the collection of Sir John Evans, 1927.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1927.4811.a

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