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Description: | Fragment of a Late Bronze Age cast copper alloy Socketed Axe. The fragment is from the mouth end and incorporates part of the loop. The broken edges are slightly abraded. Two bands of raised moulding run around the mouth of the socket. and the loop projects from the centre of the lower band on the edge of the axehead. About two thirds of the loop survives before it ends in a slightly abraded break comparable to those elsewhere and there are traces of a casting flash running from the mouth to about one third of the way down its length. A matching flash runs around the inner face of the loop. On the face of the axe a thin raised band runs away from the moulding at the mouth which may be part of a decorative rib. The fragment has been coated by the finder and as a result has a dark grey/black colour.The fragment is 36.65mm long, 23.4mm wide and 20.7mm thick. The socket wall is an average of 2.2mm thick and the loop is maximum of 11mm wide and 4mm thick. It weighs 22.45g
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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