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Description: | A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axehead of Late Bronze Age date (c. 1150 BC - c. 800 BC). The fragment consists of part of the rim of the socket and a side lug. There is a slight casting seam down the side, meeting the lug. The breaks on all sides are worn and the metal is corroded and pitted, pale green with darker areas. The fragment is 35.2mm long, 22.5mm wide and 4.1mm thick; the lug 20.1mm long, 8.3mm tall, 6.2 wide and 3.3mm thick; it weighs 14.4 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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