1884.119.136

Collection type

Object

Description

Bronze axe

Long description

Bronze narrow axe or possible a chisel, blade broken, with deep hafting pits and stop-ridge. [CC [Excav. PR] 22/10/2013]

Geographical reference

Ireland, Republic of

Europe > Northern Europe > Ireland, Republic of

"Ireland": ie Ireland or Northern Ireland (UK)

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Unknown Collector

PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Date / Period

Archaeological period: Middle Bronze Age

Date collected

By 1874

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884

Materials and processes

Material Bronze Metal, Process Cast, Process Hammered

Dimensions

Thick: max 29 mm, Width: max 36 mm, Length: max 134 mm, Weight 324 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.119.136 Other numbers: 332 PR Cat other PR nos: 1450 PR Cat other PR nos: 2306

Research and responses

Pitt Rivers was in Ireland [serving in the Army] from 1862-66, this object may have been obtained during this period [Bowden, 1991: 60-4] [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Associated publications

Published in Allen, I.M., Britton, D., and Coghlan, H.H., 1970, 'Metallurgical Reports on British and Irish Bronze Age Implements in the Pitt Rivers Museum', Occasional Papers on Technology 10, Oxford University Press, Oxford. [CMP 09/08/2010] p 135 - Palstave butt damaged flanges slightly convex in side view Blade slightly concave in outline with extra expansion near cutting edge faces plain. Sides longitudinally bevelled laong line of casting seams. Cutting edge has wide though faint bevel blunt and damaged. Surfaces fairly smooth and well preserved [Drawing] [Metallographic examination and analysis provided] - Cu 85.6%, Sn 13.7%, Pb 0.086%, As 0.32%, Sb 0.17%, Ni 0.76%, Bi<0.004%, Fe 0.15%, Zn<0.03%, Ag 0.017% - Confirmed as a bronze [GB 24/5/2005]

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Axe, Chisel