Object: Flanged Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen, No. B 3647
Site: Denmark; jutland; hjorring; astrup
Country: Denmark
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 249
Width (mm): 39
Edge (mm): 115
Thickness (mm): 18
Weight (g): 1253
Patina: Copper shines through in places on upper face.
Surface: Very well preserved, but underside not so fresh.
Other: Width: below butt 39; edge 115.
Description: Cutting edge sharp. Fairly deep plain flanges. Decorated band of hatched alternate triangles over 79 engraved lines.