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Description: | Fragment of cast copper alloy Late Bronze Age socketed axe. This fragment represents part of the lower body and the blade of the axe. The upper body, mouth and rim are entirely missing. The fragment is subrectangular in plan and wedge shaped in profile. The sides of the remaining body of the axe are squashed together and the socket cavity is packed with earth. The blade edge and blade tips are heavily worn, but it is apparent that the blade did not flare greatly. The original surface of the axe is missing and the exposed surface is now light green in colour. There is no evidence of the casting seam. The break edge is worn suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The axe has a surviving length of 37.44mm, is 30.60mm from blade tip to tip and weighs 37.54g. | 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: | -1150
-800 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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