Sir John Evans Centenary Project - image background is marbled paper from one of John Evans's books John Evans Numismatic Society Medal 1899

Sir John Evans's Collections of Artefacts

 

Bronze Age Shaft Hole Axehead

Country of Origin: Hungary

Description: Disc-butted shaft-hole axe with incised decoration.

Dimensions: 21.3cm length

Object Period: Bronze Age

Provenance: Carpathian Basin, Hungary

Museum Accession No.: AN1927.1530

Aquisition History: Bought in London in 1888. Presented to the Ashmolean Museum by Sir Arthur Evans in 1927.

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