1884.119.181

Collection type

Object

Description

Bronze socketed axe

Long description

Bronze socketed axe with single loop.

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: Late Bronze Age

Date collected

By 1874

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884

Materials and processes

Material Bronze Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Socketed, Process Cast

Dimensions

Length x Width x Depth: max 76 x 50 x 38 mm, Weight 170 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.119.181 PR Cat other PR nos: 2311

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 198 - Socketed axe with one loop. Mouth rounded below slight collar. Body oval in section traces of longitudinal casting seam along side with loop. Cutting edge now blunt. Inside socket short vertical rib behind lower part of each face. Surfaces smooth and fairly well preserved except near mouth (metallographic examination and analysis provided) [Drawing] p 198 - Cu 84.4%, Sn 102%, Pb 5.5%, Sb 0.045%, Ni 0.035%, Ag 0.057% - confirmed as a bronze alloy -[GB 27/5/2005]

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Axe