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Description: | A complete copper alloy votive miniature object in the form of a socketed and looped axehead . The mouth is oval and shallow. From the mouth the blade extends which is sub-rectangular flaring out slightly towards the rounded cutting edge. An integral side loop is set into the body of the axe with a slight curving projection of the outer edge.Date: Roman - AD 50 - 400Dimensions: 20.63 mmx x7.89 mm x 3.62 mmWeight: 2.22 gNumerous similar objects have been recorded on the PAS database. For examples see: IOW-E2E708, BH-15EFD4, SF-631D32 and LIN-B1B742, YORM-7505A8. The latter record describes such miniature axes as being of Robinson's (1995) Type III, which is thought to imitate Iron Age and Romano British iron axes (Robinson 1995 WA&NHM 88), although this form is also very similar to Bronze Age socketed axes.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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