Object: Battle Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,Sotheby's 24.v.21, Lot 306
Site: "Hungarian Type" (vide catalogue)
Discovery context: auction
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 210
Width (mm): socket 60; circular piece behind spike 64.5 x 64 1/4; near edge 17 1/4
Thickness (mm): socket 24.5 x 36; near edge 7, 2
Patina: Mostly polished dark green patina dark golden bronze shows along flanges + prominent parts.
Surface: Smooth. Slightly corroded on both sides, between flanges at end of blade. Traces of encrusted earth in hollow of circular piece.
Composition: Bronze
Publications: British Museum Handbook (2nd Edition), page 142, fig. 150