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Description: | A very worn and incomplete cast copper-alloy axe of Bronze Age date. Only the blade end of the axe survives intact, the remainder of the object now missing due to old breaks. It is triangular in section with a worn, crescentic blade and possible traces of a socket just visible in the old break. All surfaces have suffered from much post-depositional wear and corrosion and traces of a dark green patina are visible in places. It measures 32.90mm in width, 19.29mm in length, 6.71mm in thickness, and weighs 18.57g. This is possibly the blade end from a socketed axe or chisel dating to the Late Bronze Age, c.1150-800 BC. However, it is quite small in size and might equally be from a Early Bronze Age flat axe, c.2150-1500 BC, although not enough of the object survives to be certain whether this is indeed the case.
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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