|
Date: |
|
Description: | Cast copper alloy flat axe which thickens towards the middle, with a thin, narrow and originally probably slightly rounded butt and a splayed blade. The edges of both the butt and the blade are damaged, and one face in particular is heavily corroded. Two distinct casting flaws are visible on the relatively uncorroded face of the axe. The sides of the blade more or less evenly curve outwards towards the cutting edge from a point situated slightly over one third of the length of the axe from the butt. The axe is undecorated. Longitudinal stritations visible on the relatively uncorroded face of the axe adjacent to the blade edge are probably use related polish. Length 150.5mm, width of blade 89mm, width of butt c.25mm, maximum thickness 11.5mm, weight 503.6g. An example of Migdale type of Earlyu Bronze Age flat axe. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Axe
Incomplete decorated flat axe of…
-
-
AXE
Incomplete decorated flat axe of…
|