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Description: | A cast copper alloy, flanged axe probably dating from the Middle Bronze Age, about 1400-1300BC. Metalwork Stage IX, Needham Period 5; Taunton metalwork assemblage. The artefact is incomplete and extremely worn with some of the butt end and part of the lower end and the blade missing. The surface shows large patches of corrosion to the point of perforation (holes) in the winges. The wings were of flattish-diamond shape and there was a small, not very pronounced stop ridge in the middle of the body, between the two wings. The blade appears to have been not much splayed despite the wear. Compare WMID-11DAE0 and LANCUM-B39815 which notes that winged axes are more common in Northern England in the Taunton Metalwork assemblage. There is no visible decoration.
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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