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THBCeltic Bronze Axe Head - Socketed
Lot 60
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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- Lot Description
Northern Europe, Celtic culture, Late Bronze Age, ca. 800 to 500 BCE. An excellently-preserved example of a cast bronze axe head. The head is socketed, with an ovoid opening for a handle. The blade has two long, cast, shallow grooves on each side. There is a slight collar around the socket, and one fastening loop on one side of the blade that would have helped affix the axe head to its wooden handle. The hollow socket was a technological innovation, allowing economical use of bronze while still making a strong weapon. Size: 5" W x 2.8" H (12.7 cm x 7.1 cm); 5.45" H (13.8 cm) on included custom stand.
Weapons like this one were found at large hill forts, new places in the late Bronze Age landscape that dominated the area around them. These were not forts as we understand them today, but instead large, enclosed spaces, usually located on prominent topographical features, and they represent a dramatic change in northern European prehistory. They were the form of urban settlements of their day, housing up to 1000 people, in contrast to the much smaller communities (often less than 50 people) that populated the landscape elsewhere. Weaponry like this axe head give us clues about the evolving nature of Bronze Age society, setting the stage for the more complex Iron Age.
Provenance: private Orange County, California, USA collection
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#127826Smooth, dark patina on surface, with bright turquoise encrustations especially along the upper edge. Nicely preserved form with some wear to blade edge.Condition
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