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Description: | A fragment of a cast copper-alloy socketed axehead dating to the Late Bronze Age (c. 1150-800 BC). The remains of the axehead consists of a portion of the double-ribbed socket-end, remains of the loop and a portion of the body; the fragment is less than a half of the original object. The metal is of an even dark green patina with some reddish-brown areas on the interior and a small casting bubble. The fragment measures 47.1 mm long, 32 mm wide (socket-end), with a maximum thickness of 6.1 mm at the loop; it weighs 37.6 grams.
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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