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Description: | An incomplete polished/ ground stone axe, dating to the Neolithic period, between 3500 - 2150 BC (length: 78mm; width at blade end: 51.5mm; thickness: 23.5mm; weight: 127.3g). The axe is sub-triangular in shape with a sub-ovoid section. The slightly uneven surface has been polished/ ground and the artefact has light brown/ grey in colour. A large area has been broken from one side of the axe near the butt as well as small breaks along the blade edge. The artefact is in a slightly worn but fair condition. | 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: | -3500
-2150 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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