BZ-17 axe

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Object
Classification:	axe
Archaeological type:	winged axe
Material:	bronze
Size:	length: 13.7 cm, width: 6.1 cm, height: 4.1 cm
Condition:	complete
Archaeological culture:	Hallstatt B
Date:	7th–beginning of the 6th centuries BC
Date derived from:	typology
Site:	Kaltern / Caldaro (Bozen / Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)
Archaeological context:	hoard
Coordinates (approx.):	46° 24' 46.80" N, 11° 14' 45.60" E [from site]
Find date:	the 1860s
Current location:	Castello del Buonconsiglio (on exhibition)
Inventory Nr.:	2789
Inscription:	BZ-17 (?)
Sources:	Orsi 1882: 14 [No. 8], fig. 1.8 Lunz 1974: 355, pl. 6.6 Marzatico 1997: 452–453 [No. 1100], fig. 197 Zamboni 2011g: 641, fig. 7.16

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Object BZ-17 axe with inscription BZ-17.

Object BZ-17 axe - detail.

Commentary

Bronze winged axe.

S.K.

Bibliography

Lunz 1974	Reimo Lunz, Studien zur End-Bronzezeit und älteren Eisenzeit im Südalpenraum, Firenze: Sansoni 1974.
Marzatico 1997	Franco Marzatico, I materiali preromani della Valle dell’Adige nel Castello del Buonconsiglio [= Patrimonio storico artistico del Trentino 21], Trento: 1997. (3 volumes)