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Description: | Late Bronze Age (circa 1150 - 800 BC) socketed axehead fragment, blade end only. Curved blade, blade tips slightly splayed. The axehead is broken across the body, soon after the blade. Socket end visible in the break. There are no casting line down either sides, it was probably hammered to finish. Original surface missing from cutting edge and much of the faces. There are no striations on the faces. The metal has a dark brownish-green patina. Length 36mm, width across blade tips = 42.6mm. Weight: 60.5g.
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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