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Description: | A cast copper alloy small axe or chisel of Early Bronze Age date, complete with the exception of some loss of the blade end due to corrosion. It is of narrow butted form with slight low flanges to either side. The relatively straight sided body broadens to a splayed blade and has a long, lenticular profile but no trace of a central stop ridge or bevel. The surfaces are all severely affected by invasive corrosion with marked pitting and losses to the convex cutting edge and gently arched butt end. A medium brown patina is visible on many of the surfaces invaded by the dark green corrosive products that are visible on all surfaces. A few surface grazes are apparent that have exposed the copper alloy beneath and probably as a result of plough damage. It measures 87.96mm in length, 40.66mm in width, 9.56mm in thickness, and weighs 94.67g. This 'low flanged' axe is in the Arreton tradition of the later Early Bronze Age, dating to c.1700-1400 BC. Parallels are noted from Isleham, Cambridgeshire as well as Lakenheath, Burnt Fen, Beck Row, Cavenham/Icklingham and near Mildenhall, all in Suffolk (see Pendleton, 1999: fig. 21).
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