Mould B9124

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Photo: Svein Skare © Universitetsmuseet i Bergen, CC BY-SA 4.0

One half of a soapstone mould for socketed axe with loop. There are three transverse ribs on the neck, between the rim and the loop. The mould is somewhat damaged, especially around the edge, so that the shape of the blade is uncertain. There is a V-shaped cut at the top. The shape is concave on the outside. The axe is similar to Montelius: Minnen fig. 1169 and 1170. Length: 10.9 cm. Width: 6.4 cm

Context:
Found in the ground during plowing during potato harvest, no other information.

Location:
Eide (no. 123/11), Granvin, Hordaland

Date:
The mould is for a small axe of a type dated to the Late Bronze Age period 6.