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Description: | Late Bronze Age socketed axe fragment, c.1150-800BC, cutting end only. Probably deliberatly broken in antiquity. Blade not expanded, no blade tip hollows; blade edge has corrosion chips; casting flashes removed; striations on the blade, probaly from re-sharpening - longitudinal over diagonal on both sides. Areas of more recent (although not fresh) damage on both surfaces. Socket survives to a maximum depth of 13mm; it is slightly off-centre, towards one edge. Uneven break, possibly resulting from blow to one edge. Brown green patina. Length 37.6mm, width across cutting/blade edge 59.0mm, width across break 40.0mm, thickness max (across break) 14.4mm, weight 95.75g.
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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