Object: Flanged Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen
Site: Denmark
Country: Denmark
Year of discovery: NA
Surface: Decoration is a factor independent of form.
Composition: All the Flanged Axes in the museum so far analysed have proved to be of COPPER, quite free of tin.
Other: This is a list of 22 flanged axes studied at the national museum in Copenhagen.  There is additional information about the 22 items available in the "Description" box.
Description: List of 22 Flanged Axes, 2 main types are represented in the summary lists:, Cf. MLXX(c) Carded full size, Cf. MLXX (b), For keeled flanges see B5155, For bevelled flanges, see B8688., See overleaf, Rounded butt,  Concave sides,  Expanded edge, Linear or ripple decoration frequent.,  No., Weight, Hundred (County); Parish; Form; Remarks,  B300; 459; Sjaelland; Horbelev; Ripple lines,  16201; 521; Falslev; Torkildstrup; flanges flat,  3151; 386; Maribo A.; [...]; flanges bevelled do slightly,  7328; 510.5; Provenance unknown; butt damaged,  8127; 325; Provenance unknown; do.,  9523; 436; Provenance unknown; plain,  B4487; 623; Provenance unknown; plain.,  B4481; 708; Provenance unknown; plain,  B9389; 110.5; Provenance unknown; plain; corroded,  B7838; 215; Provenance unknown; plain,  B9818; 432.5; Borglum; Bronderslev; Plain, corroded,  B3370; 268; Ramso; Ejby; Plain, badly corroded,  B7838; 214; Provenance unknown; Plain,  B465; 475; Provenance unknown; flanges very slight,  ?; 605; Provenance unknown; with lines badly corroded, butt damaged,  26066; 493; Provenance unknown; Butt almost square,  ?; 364; Provenance unknown; Butt almost square,  26059; 401.5; Provenance unknown; Butt rounded,  B4486; 709; Provenance unknown; Deep flanges, line decoration,  ?; 365; Provenance unknown; do.,  26051; 403; Jylland; Lyngby; Flanges shallower.,  ?; 617; Frederiksborg; Brandtant; flanges deep,  ,