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Description: | Late Bronze Age (1000-800BC) South Eastern type socketed axe. The axe is complete except for a small amount of damage to the blade end. The axe has a square mouth with two raised mouldings below. Each face has a pair of raised curved lines extending out from the base of the moulding. These lines curve out in opposite diections, with the arch of the curves pointing to eachother. The face edges are slightly concave in plan, and extend outwards to the blade edge. The cutting edge is damaged, and the surviving section shows no wear. Inside the socket is a moulded ridge running along the inside of both faces. There is damage approximately half way down the length of one face, presumably from modern agircultural activity. The axe is triangular in profile. There is a casting seam along both edges of the axe. The loop is attached just below the lip moulding on one edge. The axe has a mid-green patina with some patches of lighter green copper corrosion coming through. The mouth is 37.52mm wide by 36.8mm thick, the axe decreases to 28.11mm wide, 20.90mm thick towards the middle of the axe. The blade end measures 46.41mm across. The axe is 82.31mm long and weighs 183.61 grams.
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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