NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2000-1700 B.C.

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A NORDIC DARK BROWN STONE BATTLE AXE
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2000-1700 B.C.
The surface polished, boat shaped, the convex sides swelling slightly around the shaft hole, with an oval convex butt, and a short curved cutting blade, the collared shaft hole with a flat rim, with two sets of two short striations incised on the underside on either side of the shaft hole
8 in. (20.3 cm.) long

來源

Lawrence Sunde Collection, Copenhagen.
The Christensen Fund; Christie's, London, 7 July 1993, lot 30 (part).

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For similar examples see p. 297 in Brondsted, Danmarks Oldtid, I Stenalderen; nos. 486-87, p. 121 in Glob, Danish Antiquities: Late Stone Age, vol. II; and no. 4190 in MacGregor, Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green.