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Description: | A fragment from a cast copper alloy undecorated socketed axehead of Late Bronze Age date. One face of the socket end survives intact, the remainder missing due to old breaks. It is rectangular in form with a slightly curved, rectangular section. The open end has a rounded and thickened rim with two transverse moulded ridges. The interior is flat but has a small rectangular casting lip or lug. The surfaces have a dark green patina with some evidence of pale green corrosive products visible in places. Along one side of the fragment are numerous short indentations and incisions resultant from plough damage but perhaps also the deliberate breaking of the object in antiquity. It measures 33.44mm in length, 26.81mm in width, 7.51mm in thickness at rim, and weighs 31.02g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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