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Description: | Cast copper alloy (bronze) fragment from a socketed axe head of Later Bronze Age Date (1150-800 BC). The fragment consists of a small piece from the loop of the axe, none of the body survives and the breaks are relatively worn and similarly patinated to the rest of the artefact suggesting damage in antiquity. The profile of the loop changes along its length, as does its thickness, but not its width. At the top it is broadly oval in cross section whilst at the base it is rectangular. The surface patina is a mid green purple colour with heavily abrasion leaving a powdery surface. The artefact measures 21.3mm length, is 7.6mm wide, 6.5mm thick at one end and 3.8mm thick at the other. It weighs 7.76 grams.
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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