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Description: | A miniature flat axehead of early Bronze Age date (2150- 1500 BC). The object resembles a miniature version of the earliest and simplest solid cast copper alloy axe-heads with tapering sides and rounded ends. The patina has broken away leaving a light green corroded surface. The blade is incomplete due to a modern break, probably due to the plough. A crack runs along the width of the butt end on one face.Miniature flat axes such as this tends to fit in the chronology at the very end of the early Bronze Age when developed axes are starting out. It is likely that this example is dated to the Early Bronze Age (EBA phase II-III), of metalworking tradition phase IV-V, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 3 circa 2050 - 1700 CAL. BC. An open mould for casting this axe type has been discovered in Shropshire see, http://www.darwincountry.org/explore/003450.html?ImageID=2137&Page=42&sid.Similar examples which can be found on the PAS database are HAMP-2499E3, HESH-37B951 and YORYM-CE8933.Dimensions: 66mm in length, 19mm in width at cutting edge below break, 10mm in width at butt end, 6mm thick, 32.4g
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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