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Description: | Complete cast copper-alloy socketed axe of Ewart Park phase, southeastern type plain A1 of Late Bronze Age date (1000-800 BC). The axe is sub-rectangular in plan and triangular in profile. The mouth of the axe is in the form of a round-cornered square which is bordered by a pronounced rounded lip which forms a prominent ridge around the top of the axe. This ridge is unevenly cast in places including two small clefts which are visible both from above and in profile. A second less pronounced ridge, running around the axe, is located approximately 5mm below the first, this arrangement is referred to as double mouth moulding. The opening of the mouth of the axe is 29mm by 29mm, the external measurement is 40mm by 40mm. The axe has a single semi-circular side loop the upper part of which attaches at the point of this second, less prominent, ridge. The side loop is sub-oval in section 5mm thick, 9.8mm wide and 25mm in length. Aside from the two ridges and the side loop the axe is of plain design. The tip of the axe has suffered considerable damage although the flaring outwards of the axe to the sides, which would have expanded outwards to form the flared and curved cutting edge is still notable. In its present condition the width of the cutting edge is 43.4mm. The linear casting seams along the sides of the axe, although filed, are still clearly visible. The axe has a deep brown-green patina with some corrosion evident towards the cutting edge.
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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