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Description: | Part of triple-pelleted bronze socketed axe with single loop, with the socket containing a fragment of another socketed axe (SF5749). If the loop of axe SF5748 is held to the right, the loop of axe SF5749 (in socket of SF5748) will be facing forward. SF5748 is miscast, though still functional (the casting seams have been cleaned); a shortage of bronze has resulted in the standard double mouth moulding on one face, but only the lower mouth moulding on the opposite face. There are simple triple pellets, more pronounced on one face. The axe is concavely crushed just above the break on both faces. Some recent abrasion (agricultural?) on both faces. Patinated dark green/brown-black with areas of pale-medium green corrosion products. Ancient breaks. Surviving length 60 mm, weight 127.6g.
Soil from socket cavity bagged and retained separately. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | -1000
-700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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