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Description: | A fragment of a copper alloy socketed axe. The blade portion of the axe remains with the broken edge traversing the axe and revealing the tip of the socket. The blade cutting edge is slightly asymmetrical, rounded and blunt, and is convex in plan. The blade has a slightly flared blade tip, the other is damaged and incomplete. The side faces have traces of a casting seam. The break edge of the axe is not too recent as there are traces of a patina on the break, put it does not match the patches of a heavy dark brown patina on the faces of the axe. The surface of the axe is abraded with only patches of a well developed dark brown patina. From the cutting edge to the broken edge the axe measures 32.37mm, and from the blade tip of the blade to the broken edge it measures 59.69mm, across the broken edge it measures 16.64mm thick. It weighs 90.1g.The axe is a socketed axe dating to the late Bronze Age, c.1150 to 700 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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