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Description: | A cast copper alloy fragment of a Bronze Age axe. The breaks are uneven and show signs of wear, suggesting ancient breaks. This fragment is the curved section of the blade, which is blunt.This fragment is quite un-daignostic, and so closer dating and classification is difficult.Axes begin as flat axes at the start of the Bronze Age period and then develop into palstaves and then to socketed axes. Many axes would have been used as modern axes are used as a tool for chopping wood and organic materials. Some however have been described as ingots and as votive offerings. They can be found as single finds or in vast hoards of bronze Bronze Age objects.The axe is 35mm long, 25mm wide and 5.mm thick.
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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