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CATALOGUE OF BRONZES.

2929. WINGED CELT ; thin head terminating in two horns curving inwards. Length 6| in.
Frorn Magna Graecia. Bequeathed by Sir W. Temple, 1856.

2930. WINGED CELT, as the last. Length 9I in. From Italy ; Count Milano’s sale, 1853.

2931. WINGED CELT, as before. Length 7f in. SJoane Coll., 459 ; formerly in the
collection of the Abbd Sterpini at Rome.

2932. WINGED CELT, as before, with small head at right angles to the plane of the blade.
Length 5$ in. Hamilton Coll.

2933. WINGED CELT. Stop-ridge ; flat end and high flanges. Length 7J in. Hamilton Coll.

2934. WINGED CELT, as the last; very deep flanges ; no stop-ridge. Length 5f in. Payne

Knight Coll.

2935. WINGED CELT, as before. Length 7{- in. Patina.

2936. WINGED CELT, as before ; broad end and deep flanges ; incised A. Length 6J in.

Payne Knight Coll. 102.

2937. WINGED CELT, as before. Length 6f in. Towneley Coll.

2938. SOCKETED CELT (type D). Socket for handle, which is moulded, and dies away
into the head, which is shouldered. Length 3j in.

2939. SOCKETED CELT. On either side ofthe head is a projecting knob. Length 5| in.

2940. SOCKETED CELT, with large socket, and flat head, nearly rectangular ; the head is
shouldered like the blade of a spade. Length 5 in.

2941. CELT (type D), with oblong iron blade, which is soldered to a handle which is thin and
eight-sided, and narrows towards the middle. Length 5f in. Found in a stone coffin at
Urdengen, near Diisseldorf, in 1861. Presented by George Witt, Esq., 1868. The blade has
been broken across and is much rusted.

2942. AXE-HEAD, with oval hole for handle. Length 5f in. Bequeathed by Miss Auldjo,
1859.

2943. AXE-HEAD, as the last, but not flat; thick moulded blade with flaps turned back.
Length 6f in. Blayds Coll., 1849.

2944. AXE-HEAD. On the blade are incised circles, and round the handle, chevron-pattern.
Length 7} in. ; width 2~ in. Castellani, 1865.

2945. HEAD OF DOUBLE-HEADED AXE. Circular hole for the handle, in the middle.
Length 7-f in. Cameiros, 1861. Corroded.

2946. AXE-HEAD, as No. 2943, with oval socket for handle and moulded sides to the blade,
like flaps turned over. Length 5-f in. Hamilton Coll.

2947. AXE-HEAD, plain, with oval socket. Lengthyin. Frorn Magna Graecia. Bequeathed
by Sir W. Temple, 1856.

2948. AXE-HEAD, as last; short, broad head, almost rectangular. Length 3J in. Width
2f in.

2949. AXE-HEAD, as the last but one. Length 5f in. Sloanq Coll. 458; formerly in tlie
collection of the Abbd Sterpini at 'Rome.

2950. TWO AXE-HEADS, as before. Length 6f and 7f in. Hamilton CoII. Patina on the
shorter one.

2951. KNIFE (?), in the form of a rather flat stem ending in a flat, leaf-shaped blade. Length
3! in. From near Macon, 1850.