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Description: | A small fragment of a copper-alloy socketed axehead of Late Bronze Age date, that is c. 1000-800BC. The axe was probably part of the Ewart Park metalwork assemblage (Burgess Metalworking phase XII) which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 6-7 circa 1000-700 CAL BC. The fragment comprises of the loop and a small portion of the axehead's side. It has a sub-triangular shape 29.00mm in length with a width of 12.74mm tapering to a rounded end of c.7.07mm width. This sub-triangular part has a thickness of 2.66mm. The widest edge has a curved champfered upper corner. The lower surface is flat, possibly hinting to concave along the longitudinal axis. Patches of corrosion product adhere to all surfaces of this fragment. The upper surface has a rounded longitudinal protrusion, that some what resembles a small oval rounded pebble. This protrusion is a loop that would originally have been part of the socketed axehead, as is often seen on socketed axes and spearheads of Bronze Age date. Corrosion product prevents clear visual inspection of this part of the fragment. This loop seems to have a length of 20.60mm, width of 8.08mm and height of 8.20mm. The cross-section of the loop is uncertain. Weight is 10.88g, Maximum thickness of this fragment, measured over the loop excluding corrosion, is 10.96mm. This fragment was identified as being of Bronze Age date by Helen Fowler, which was confirmed by Dr Helen Geake. Full identification as to what artefact and date range this fragment is from was provided by Peter Reavill & Dot Boughton.
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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