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Description: | A complete Early Bronze Age cast cu-alloy flat axe. The body of the axe flares out into a crescent-shaped blade and the butt also curves slightly. The axe has a smooth surface with a large pitted area on one face and a decoration of ca. 15 horizontal lines of short grooves on each side. Its casting seams were flattened and polished it is generally in good condition, with a rich greenish-brown patina. The body thickens in the middle so that the shaft sides have an elongated, rounded diamond shape. It does not have stop-ridge or side flanges which makes it part of the Migdale-Marnoch metalwork tradition of the Early Bronze Age.
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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