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Polished Jadeite Axehead
An axehead with asymmetrical faces, a gently curved asymmetrical edge and pointed sides. The edge is chipped but very sharp. The blade is damaged by flaking and this extends from the edge to the centre of both faces. The blade, sides and faces are ground and polished. The butt is severely damaged by flaking. The axe has an narrow oval cross-section. ?Irish.
Subject
- Weapons & Ammunition
- Axehead
- archaeological objects
- Archaeological artifact
Medium
- Polished Stone
- ?Jadeite
Subject
- Weapons & Ammunition
- Axehead
- archaeological objects
- Archaeological artifact
Medium
- Polished Stone
- ?Jadeite
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Temporal
- Neolithic
Places
- https://www.geonames.org/2963597/
Current location
- https://www.huntmuseum.com/
Identifier
- HCA 171
- HCA171
Extent
- L 13 x W 10
- L 13 x W 10
Language
- en
- eng
Is part of
- Europeana Archaeology
Providing country
- Ireland
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-09-02T12:39:42.361Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2020-09-02T12:39:42.361Z