Medený sekeromlat typu Székely-Nádudvar z okolia Komárna

This Székely-Nádudvar-type copper axe with central shaft-hole comes from the surroundings of the city of Komárno. In its base part, the hole for the handle shows a massive ring, set back from the corpus, reminding a tube embedded in the tool body. The axe was studied under diffused visible light and enhanced lateral visible light by means of a Keyence VHX-7000 digital microscope and X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF) by means of a Niton XL3 spectrometer. This tool is a compact cast piece made up of almost pure compact copper, incl. the reinforcement of the holeś circumference. It was not possible to confirm the assumption about potential autonomous use of the metal tube for creating the handle hole during the casting of the object presumably through a single-use clay mould.