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Description: | Cast copper alloy axe blade fragment, length 36mm, width 9mm, thickness 4mm, weight 4.22g. The forward edge is convex with a low angled curve, the rear edge is broken along its length. This is the forward edge of a Bronze Age axe, the breakage pattern along the rear suggest that this may have originally been the cutting edge of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe. Because the styles of the Early and Middle Bronze Ages, have a flange on either side of the blade, it is highly unlikely that any of these would break in a similar manner as this example. Therefore, a Late Bronze Age date is the most likely. The overall condition of the artefact is poor, corrosion has removed the whole of the original surface leaving a light green pitted surface. The break is old.
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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