Object: Flanged Axe
Classification: Bent
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: 1911-159
Site: Ireland, site unknown.
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 156
Width (mm): butt 24; at ridge 34
Edge (mm): 77
Thickness (mm): flanges 27; ridge 16
Patina: Dark brown
Surface: smooth.
Description: Butt slightly curved; edge slightly recurved sharp. Thin bar stop-ridge. Shield with raised edge on faces, outlined by short punched dashes. Vestigial shoulders represented by lateral stops, scutiform, incised with vertical lines.