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Drawings Bronze Age decorated axehead from Co. Tipperary

Object number

LDSAL2020.38.313

Production date

1843
1849

Material

Paper
Ink
Printer's Ink

Technique

Drawing
Engraving (Printing Process)
Woodcut

Dimensions

Height: 101mm
Width: 98mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

Unique engraved celt, formerly in the Piltown Museum.

Inscription content

Arch. Inst VI. 410

References

Reference (free text)

'Proceedings at the Meetings of the Archaeological Institute', Archaeological Journal 6 (1849): 410.

Reference (free text)

John Evans, The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland (London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1881), p. 62. Illustration, p. 62.
    The item is a cutting from Archaeological Journal (see Bibliography).