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Miniature Stone Axehead
A miniature stone axehead, the face is asymmetrical with the sides broad and rounded and merging with the butt. The edge is straight and sharp with the blade area being defined by junctions and a higher level of polished. The faces are ground and polished with traces of pecking on both sides. The axe has an oval cross-section. This miniature axe may have been made from a fragment of a larger axe. …
Subject
- Weapons & Ammunition
- Axehead
- archaeological objects
- Archaeological artifact
Medium
- Stone
- Stone
Subject
- Weapons & Ammunition
- Axehead
- archaeological objects
- Archaeological artifact
Medium
- Stone
- Stone
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Temporal
- Neolithic
Places
- https://www.geonames.org/2963597/
Current location
- https://www.huntmuseum.com/
Identifier
- HCA 115
- HCA115
Extent
- L (overall) 3 x W (of cutting edge) 2.7
- L (overall) 3 x W (of cutting edge) 2.7
Language
- en
- eng
Is part of
- Europeana Archaeology
Providing country
- Ireland
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-07-29T17:50:23.519Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2020-08-27T23:58:50.968Z