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Topor nefinisat din Epoca Bronzului

Anno 6000-3200 B.C. – CUCUTENI-TRIPOLIE II

• The Bronze Age
• Die Bronzezeit
• Epoca Bronzului   
• Bronzano doba

A pierced indentation of the axe served as a spade during agricultural work. Inventory number: 1802/Bronze Age.

*  Pigmented white rock. Carving, drilling and finishing by sanding. Rectangular shape with irregular edges, flat bottom, slightly convex top. With glove hole asymmetrically arranged towards the narrower side.

Size: Length – 125 mm;

Width (max.): 90 mm;

Width (min.): 34 mm;

Thickness: 12-23 mm;

Diameter (ext.): 25 mm;

Diameter (int.): 20 mm.

Weight: 394 grams.

** Gray-black quartzite sandstone; punch start, unpolished; ovoid shape with rounded tip; asymmetrical glove hole arranged towards the top of the piece;

Traces of secondary burning.

Size: Length 79 mm;

Width (max.): 63 mm;

Width (min.): 47 mm;

Thickness: 48-32 mm;

Diameter (ext.): 22 mm;

Hole depth: 12 mm.

The sanding procedure, performed by internal sandblasting, was performed by means of a bird bone, from which the marrow was removed and sand was introduced. The insertion of the sand into the hollow hole of the grinding tool allowed the „back-and-forth” movement of the spring rope, to imprint a rotational movement inside the bone filled with sand, so that over a short distance, made possible by the spring rope, the sand inside the bone rotated and engaged, piercing the stone and thus obtaining the necessary insertion hole for the axe handle.