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Description: | Fragment of a copper alloy socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date (1200 BC - 700 BC). Length 30mm, width 31mm and 10.4mm thick. Weight 22.21g.The fragment is the lower part of a socketed axe blade. The whole of the cutting edge is intact and is evenly and symmetrically curved. The break has occurred across a transverse void at the centre of the tool. When viewing the old break in cross-section, from above, one end of the blade is slightly twisted to one side.The rough surface of the break has many small "gas bubble" voids. The piece is in poor condition as the surfaces have bright green powdery corrosion products.
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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