Auction 3 Classical Antiquities and Ancient Coins
By Life Auctions
Oct 6, 2024
124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK
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Bronze Age Axe Circa 2nd Millenium BC

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Auction took place on Oct 6, 2024 at Life Auctions
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Bronze Age Axe Circa 2nd Millenium BC
A cast bronze axe head. The head is socketed, with an ovoid opening for a handle. The blade has lined decoration on each side. There is a collar around the socket, and one fastening loop on one side of the blade that would have helped affix the axe head to its wooden handle. The hollow socket was a technological innovation, allowing economical use of bronze while still making a strong weapon; 93mm, 156 grams.Weapons like this one were found at large hill forts, new places in the late Bronze Age landscape that dominated the area around them. These were not forts as we understand them today, but instead large, enclosed spaces, usually located on prominent topographical features, and they represent a dramatic change in northern European prehistory. They were the form of urban settlements of their day, housing up to 1000 people, in contrast to the much smaller communities (often less than 50 people) that populated the landscape elsewhere. Weaponry like this axe head give us clues about the evolving nature of Bronze Age society, setting the stage for the more complex Iron Age.dark green patina intact; 90mm overall diameter, 146 grams. Very fine condition. In the collection of EU gentlemen living in London. Previously with Roseberys, London, 26 October 2021.
Weight: 156 g
Weight:  156 gr

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