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1499

1499

Bronze Age

Mould

  •  Stone
  • 13.5 x 10.3 x 7.5 cm
  • Bronze Age
  • Origin: Forat de la Tuta. Riner (El Solsonès)

MDCS 1499.1-2

 

Stone mould and lid used with molten metal to produce an axe and a punch. Both come from El Forat de la Tuta (Riner).

In Catalonia, there are only two prehistoric copper mine sites known for certain and El Forat de la Tuta was the first to be discovered in the excavations by J.  Serra i Vilaró in 1917.