Wedge-shaped Copper Alloy Axe, Early Bronze Age II Cypriot tool — Wedge-shaped Copper Alloy Axe, Early Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 2300–1900 BC. British Museum, 1940,0424.3.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Early Bronze Age II

Wedge-shaped Copper Alloy Axe

Flat axe with wedge shape, cast in one piece-mould with originally pierced square butt, now broken; Catling type B.1.b; copper alloyed with zinc. Dimensions: Width: 1.00 - 2.60 centimetres smaller end broken so min. width is possibly less ; Length: 6.70 centimetres max ; Weight: 48.91 centimetres Object Type: axe Series: Catling type (B.1.b) Techniques: cast

Classification

Object type: Tool
Material: MetalCopper and bronze
Period: probablyBronze AgeEarly Cypriot (Early Bronze Age)
Date: 2300 - 1900 BC
Place of production: probablyCyprus
Findspot: Bellapais-Vounous

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Accession No.

1940,0424.3

Collection

Provenance

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