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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy socketed axehead of Late Bronze Age date. Only a small fragment from the socket end of the axe survives intact, the remainder of the object now missing due to old breaks. It is roughly square in form with a slightly curved profile, the mouth end having a thickened rim formed from two transverse ridges visible on the exterior surface. The interior has the remains of a vertical casting seam and the entire object has a dark brown patina that has traces of green corrosive products in patches on the exterior surface and along the old breaks. It measures 20.50mm in length, 22.06mm in width, 4.82mm in thickness and 7.36g in weight. This is a fragment from the mouth of a socketed axe of Late Brone Age date, c.1,150-800 BC.
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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