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Description: | Late Bronze age socketed axe of South-eastern class D. The axe has faceted body angles and a slim body. The mouth is oval and the body has 10 facets. The upper edge of the shallow collar at the mouth is damaged. On each side of the casting ridge there are two ridges that begin 7mm apart and sweep down towards the edge of the blade where they meet. This produces a clean flat blade. The axe has one side loop 21mm long and 7mm in diameter. The axe is 106mm long and the blade edge is 43mm wide. T he object is in fair condtion having quite extensive bronze disease (developed since its discovery) but otherwise has a good brown patina. The axe is a very fine example of Bronze age casting., | Subjects: | South-eastern Class D | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Scott, Wendy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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