Urnfield culture socketed axe (Podkonice Hoard)

Description

Bronze Age (Urnfield Culture) Large Decorated Axe Head.
This magnificent specimen comes from the famous Podkonice Hoard in Slovakia.

Socketed axe with a missing eyelet; it could not be cast. Socketed axe with eyelet and a distinctly set-off thin cutting edge with a straight edge. The eyelet was meant to be attached below the ring-shaped reinforced mouth. The decoration below the rim consists of three horizontal ribs and below them two side strips or grooves that imitate the lobes. Between them in the middle is a small vertical rib.