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Description: | A complete late Bronze Age socketed axehead. Double mouth moulding, of which the upper is more prominent while the lower gives rise to a loop at the side of the body. Descending from the lower moulding are four raised ribs in two groups of two separated by an 8mm gap in the centre. The two outermost ribs on either face emphasise the angles of a rectangular-sectioned body. The two inner ribs curve gently and then more steeply to join the outer ribs at a point ?? of the way down the body. With the loop to the left, these inner ribs run virtually parallel for about 2/3 of the way. With the loop to the right, the lines can only be said to be parallel where they begin. The sides of the body are concave and flare gently to the axe??s widest point at the blade edge. The socket tapers in profile to a narrow but blunt end. The loop is small and round and thin (inside hole c.6mm long, width c.5mm) with an asymmetrical oval section.1 Unfinished rim (incomplete loop-side and opposite loop-side) with two projections (one larger) opposite each other on the inside of the rim above each face and lumps of casting debris in between the upper and lower mouth mouldings. Casting flashes along both sides. With the loop to the right, the flash is especially prominent as it approaches the blade. The cutting edge is blunt (unfinished?) with small fairly recent break at one corner. Three circular impressions c. 3mm diam. appear on the body (loop right). Original surface hidden by bronze disease (my diagnosis, not conservator!). L.99mm, blade W.46mm. Weight 193g | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hinds, Katie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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