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1884.125.411

Stone tool; Thin-butted flint axe of rectangular section

1884.125.411

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone tool; Thin-butted flint axe of rectangular section
Geographical reference
Sweden
Europe > Northern Europe > Sweden
Unknown
Date / Period
Date made: 2900-2800 BC Archaeological period: Middle Neolithic Funnel Beaker [Trichterbecher]
Date collected
By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked, Process Ground, Process Polished, Process Skeuomorph
Dimensions
Thick: max 13 mm, Width: max 39 mm, Length 108 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.125.411 PR Cat other PR nos: 1673
Research and responses

Unprovenanced single find. Thin-butted flint axe of rectangular section; polished on all sides; copying the form of a typical copper flat axe with splayed edge. Skeuomorph. TRB MN II Phase [PW]

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Axe

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