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Description: | An incomplete Late Bronze Age copper-alloy socketed axehead (1150 BC-800 BC). It consists of the lower part of the implement, the blade end with part of the socket. In plan, it is sub rectangular and triangular in side view. It has a break at the top where the shape is rectangular in cross-section. The small portion of socket is oval in plan (20.5 x 9.9mm), is centrally placed and has a depth of 7.1mm. The maximum distance from the base of the socket to the centre of the cutting edge is about 35.0mm. From the break at the top, the sides flare out towards the blade tips of the cutting edge which is crescent shaped. In side view, the sides taper inwards from the break to the cutting edge. The front and back are slightly convex. Each side has a median casting seam extending from the break to the blade tip. Both are slightly off-centre. These seams may have been hammered down. The cutting edge is in the form of small contiguous breaks. It is unclear whether the breaks were created while in use or whether the damage is post depositional. The surfaces have an even mid-brown patina except at the break and the cutting edge where it is corroded. Height 42.1mm; width: 41.7mm; thickness: 19.2mm. Weight: 96.53g.
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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