Late Bronze Age III

Bronze Wheel and Axle Stand

Pair of wheels, axle and attachment column from a bronze stand; originally four pierced flanges at top of cylindrical column (two remain); column arrached to cylindrical axle; axle ends protrude beyond wheel hubs, hammered flat to keep wheels in place; ten spokes link large hub to wheel felloe and broad tyre; wheels probably made by lost-wax casting; severely oxidised. Dimensions: Diameter: 12.80 centimetres wheel ; Height: 19 centimetres; Thickness: 1.50 centimetres wheel ; Width: 16.50 centimetres Object Type: stand Techniques: lost-wax cast; hammered; pierced; soldered