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Description: | Romano British model or votive axe. The blade is trapezoidal but with a slightly concave inner edge. The haft is of sub-circular section, although this becomes rectangular beyond the blade. A single transverse engraved line decorates one face of the blade. Haft length 33mm, diameter 4.5mm. Blade length 25mm, width 7 - 11mm. Form close to that of an example from Alcester, Oxfordshire (M.J. Green 'Romano-British Non-ceramic model objects in South-East Britain', Archaeological Journal 32 (1975) fig. 2 no. 9.
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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