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Description: | A very fine looped and socketed axehead, part of a small hoard. There is a triple mouth-moulding, of which the upper moulding is much more prominent, while the lowest gives rise to a half-circular loop on one side of the body. In cross-section the body is sub-rectangular, the aperture being almost square, narrowing downwards to a blunt end. In plan the body runs parallel for most of its length expanding from about two-thirds of the way down to the cutting edge which forms a very shallow curve with outside corners close to 45 degrees. In profile the axehead forms a long narrow triangle, with a casting seam visible on both sides. On the side with the loop this seam runs in an uninterrupted seam through the outside of the loop.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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