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© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Girona
Omeka ID 162
Carrer Joan Maragall, 26
Prehistory

halberd

MAC GIR-000054

Object type
halberd
Production date
-2200 / -2000
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Girona
Culture
Prehistory
Discovery location
Carrer Joan Maragall, 26
Materials
copper
Township
Girona (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Girona, Gironès)
Technique
moulding
Where is it?
MASPG
Dimensions
244 x 70 x 8 mm
Description
A metal blade in a general lozenge shape formed by two very different triangles. The largest, the blade of the halberd itself, is long, reinforced with a thick central nerve and rounded cross-section that reaches almost to the end. The opposite flatter and shorter triangle is the tang that served to fasten the blade to the shaft. It therefore contains three holes for nails or rivets, two of which have been preserved. It is made of copper with small amounts of arsenic, lead and silver. The rivets are also of copper, but it contains antimony and tin instead of arsenic.

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