Cu alloy flat axe

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Cu alloy flat axe, Bronze Age, 3,900-4,500 years ago

Field collection : Ireland

Donated by University of Dundee (Thomas Wise collection)
Museum number 1993-354-1-2

Flat bronze axes are the earliest forms of metal axe. They were made by pouring molten metal into a single mould carved from stone. The metal working techniques, if not some of the axes themselves, may have been imported from Ireland.