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Description: | A cast bronze flat axe (length: 74.9mm; width at blade: 40.3mm; thickness: 11mm; weight: 115.67g). A small, crudely made and uneven axe with gently sloping sides to the blade. The blade is not flanged. The artefact has a high metallic content and would have been made in an open mould (possibly of sandstone), therefore explaining why the surface is no uneven and slightly pitted. The butt of the axe has tapered to a narrow point but the side is thick. The axe is worn and in a poor condition.Similar examples are illustrated in Peter Harbison's 'The Axes of the Early Bronze Age in Ireland', 1969, particularly those of the Logh Ravel type (pages 10-19).Flat axes date to the Early Bronze Age, between 2,500-1,450 BC.
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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