Symmetrical shape with pronounced reinforcement at the shaft hole. Neck slightly constricted with straight “hammer-shaped” end. Round-rectangular cross-section. Cutting edge slightly rounded. Perforated sides flat. Centrally located shaft hole with sharp edges, slightly slanting on one side. Smoothly polished surface. Rock material, brown flecked with black. Intact; roughened or used surface of neck.
PROVENANCE
Formerly priv. coll. Dr. Siegfried H. Zimmer (b. 1915 - d. 1984), ca. 1950, see inventory list, no 156. Thereafter, priv. coll. Von Korff family, Germany; inherited by Julian von Korff before 1980, Germany. With Athena Münzen der Antike, München, prior 2004. Old label with handwritten note: "Polnisch Neukirch Schlesien".
NOTE
Cf. U. Weller, Äxte und Beile erkennen, bestimmen, beschreiben. Bestimmungsbuch Archäologie 2 (München 2014) 40 No. 2.2.2.