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Description: | Copper alloy axe head. Cast flat axe head with a flared blade with crescentic cutting edge; the blade is chamfered on both sides to a distance of c.10mm back from this edge, possibly the result of sharpening. Behind the cutting edge the section is uniformly rectangular. The axe exhibits a lentoid profile, thickest at its mid point and diminishing in thickness towards blade and butt. The cutting edge is corroded and chipped on one side only; the butt is also chipped, though without this damage extending away from it on either side. The object is broken in two pieces at its thickest point, probably as damage incurred at the time of its discovery. The break has been glued by the finder, apparently with an epoxy compound. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC.Length: 114.7mm, Width (at blade): 73.4mm, Thickness: 10.0mm, Weight: c.270gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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