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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy flat axe of Bronze Age date. Only the blade end survives, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The worn and corroded cutting edge is crescentic in form, extending beyond both sides of the axe. It is triangular in profile and has a blade bevel. What remains of the body of the axe is rectangular in form and section with no evidence for flanges. All surfaces have the remains of a dark brown patina with relatively extensive and deep pitting and corrosion. It measures 63.25mm in width, 47.27mm in length, 12.97mm in thickness and 135.48g in weight.This is the blade end from an incomplete axe of Bronze Age date. Its form, size and lack of flanges suggest it is a flat axe rather than a palstave and as such it dates to the Early Bronze Age, c.2150-1500 BC.
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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