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Description: | BURNHAM HOARD 2010 T509: Item A.40 Socketed Axe; PlainseauIncomplete and distorted cast copper alloy socketed axe. The mouth and blade end are missing. The sides are curved with smoothed casting seams. It has a rectangular cross section, however the socket walls have been pushed together. The front and back face two raised semi-circular rings, giving an 'egg-timer' impression. The decoration does not extend onto the sides of the axe. There is another copper alloy artefact inserted into the socket of the axe.Length: 56.83mm Weight: 84.2 grams Socket (at upper break): 25.77mm by 5.96mm. Body (at break): 32.82mm by 17.41mm, at lowwer break 29.65mm by 9.51mm
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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