- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Bronze axe-head, socketed
- Long description
- Socketed bronze alloy axe-head with single loop and a broad raised collar. The axe is wedge shaped and rectangular is section. Longitudinal casting seam along each side. The cutting edge is straight. [MJD (Verve) 24/5/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Bretagne Ille-et-Vilaine Lanhélin Le Rocher Tizon Bronze Hoard
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unnamed old woman
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Archaeological period: Bronze Age
- Date collected
- 1877
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Bronze Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Moulded, Process Cast
- Dimensions
- Length x Width x Height: max 128 x 33 x 37 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.119.142 PR no.: 7/ 9433
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