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Hoard of Bennewitz
UnknownEarly Bronze Age, 1st quarter 2nd millennium BCE
Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany
When it was found in 1879 this hoard comprised 279 almost identical flanged axes made of fahlore. The objects do not bear any tool marks and may be referred to as bars. Hoards of this kind and size are not rare for the early Bronze Age and indicate that large quantities of raw material were being traded throughout Europe even in the early 2nd millennium B.C.E.
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Details
- Title: Hoard of Bennewitz
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: Early Bronze Age, 1st quarter 2nd millennium BCE
- Type: Hoard of bronze objects
- Medium: Bronze
- Inv. no.: II 11351-11518
- ISIL no.: DE-MUS-019212
- External Link: Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Copyright: Photo © Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Klaus Göken || Text © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz / B. Heeb
- Collection: Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
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