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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1920.44.14
Title
Flanged Axe Head
Classification
Weapons and Ammunition
Work Type
axe
Date
16th-13th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World
Period
Bronze Age
Culture
Italic
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/303590

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Leaded bronze
Technique
Cast, lost-wax process
Dimensions
5.1 x 4.4 cm (2 x 1 3/4 in.)
Technical Details

Chemical Composition: ICP-MS/AAA data from sample, Leaded Bronze:
Cu, 89.29; Sn, 8.12; Pb, 2.23; Zn, 0.077; Fe, 0.02; Ni, less than 0.01; Ag, 0.03; Sb, 0.11; As, 0.12; Bi, less than 0.025; Co, less than 0.01; Au, less than 0.01; Cd, less than 0.001

J. Riederer

Technical Observations: The patina is smooth green on one side and pitted green and brown on the other side. The break on one end is jagged and corroded, indicating that it occurred prior to burial. The axe head was cast and then shaped further by hot working.


Carol Snow (submitted 2002)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1920.

Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
Accession Year
1920
Object Number
1920.44.14
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This fragmentary axe head has a grooved upper and lower edge with a curved side. It is broken and the right half is missing.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Bronzes

Verification Level

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