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Double-Looped Socketed Axe

Origin

Chão da Presa, Fontiscos, Santo Tirso.

Material

Bronze

Description

Socketed axe with two loops and symmetrical faces. It is damaged at the junction with the butt, corresponding to the upper limit of the loops. Flat and thick blade, widened, with a curved cutting edge, without ribs. Blade with trapezoidal section, broken at the cutting edge. Rectangular butt with a central and thick projection with lateral flanges, broken at the lower part of the butt. Asymmetrical loops of sub-circular section, positioned at the centre of the lateral faces, separating the blade from the butt. No casting seams. Traces of use are visible on both sides of the blade and on the cutting edge.

Classification and chronology

Monteagudo Type 35 A / … / Late Bronze Age .

Dimensions

Maximum length: 155 mm; Maximum width: 60 mm; Maximum thickness: 43 mm; Weight: 784,2 gr.

Deposit

MMAP, n.º 33.

Bibli.

PINTO 1930, 306; MOREIRA 2005, 19; 2007, 50; 2013, 51-52; 2014, 171-172.