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Description: | A Early Iron Age cast copper alloy looped socketed axehead dating from c. 800-600BC. It is incomplete in so far as it is missing a corner of its cutting edge (old damage). The axe is undecorated and in very good condition. The axe has a square to sub-rectangular (back-to-front) mouth (31.9x31.3mm, internally 21.4x20.8mm; 80.5mm deep) with a prominent mouth moulding flanked by a shallower rib beneath. The side loop is circular and spurred at the bottom. There is a prominent casting seam running from the top of the mouth moulding to the cutting edge below. Another casting seam runs along the opposite side face of the axe. Both casting seams become less prominent and worn-down towards the expanded area of the cutting edge. The front and reverse faces of the axehead are gently expanding, flaring towards the cutting edge which has a shallow curve. There are hammer marks visible on both faces just before the cutting edge and further signs of lighter, transverse tooling at the cutting edge itself.The axehead has a shiny smooth patina, a very dark brown in colour.Measures 114.4mm in length, max.55.7mm in width (at the cutting edge) and max.31.3mm in depth (at the socket end). The socket end, inclusive of loop, is 38.9mm wide. The body of the axe thins to 8.5mm thick just before the cutting edge expands. The axehead weighs 242g (to the nearest 2g).With special thanks to Dot Boughton for the detailed discussion below, and to the current owner who let us borrow this axehead for recording.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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