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Description: | Fragment from the blade end of an incomplete small socketed axe or chisel of Late Bronze Age date. It is triangular in section with a hollow rectangular socket and sides that curve outwards towards the crescent-shaped blade. The axe terminates in old breaks just above the blade end. The exterior surfaces are corroded and a little abraded in places with a brown/green patina. This fragment measures 28.89mm in width, 17.40mm in length, 10.91mm in thickness at socket end, and weighs 11.56g. It is a fragment from a small socketed axe head or chisel and dates to the Late Bronze Age of c. 1150-800 BC.
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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