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Description: | Late Bronze Age socketed axe, cast in copper alloy. Only a fragment of the axe survives, including the blade end. There is a worn transverse break across the base of the socket, with only a small part of the rectangular socket surviving. The surviving section of axe is sub-rectangular with a triangular profile. The sides are straight, expanding out slightly at the blade end. There are casting flashes along both sides. The blade is straight and is quite worn. The axe has a worn surface and an even mid green patina. The surviving fragment is 31.44mm long, 32.48mm wide and 13.42mm thick. | 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
-800 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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