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Description: | A cast copper-alloy flat axehead of the early Bronze Age, dating from circa 2000 to 1600 BC. The axehead is complete but has suffered from considerable abrasion and the blade is no longer sharp. The axehead is sub-triangular in plan and lozenge shaped in profile, with a thickness of 8.62 mm thick in the centre, tapering down to 2.95 mm at the blade end and 2.5 mm at the butt. The axe flares gradually from 10.3 mm wide at the butt to 80.65 mm at the widest point, just before the edge of the blade. It measures 168.5 mm in length and weighs 374.8 grams. The surface is pitted through abrasion and corrosion and has a predominantly pale brown patina with areas of green where the surface patina has been damaged. Bronze Age flat axes are amongst the earliest types of metal artefacts recovered in Britain, and are the earliest form of metal axes used.
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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