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Description: | 1, fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe that consists of the blade and the base of the socket. The break is ancient and irregular with bubbles form the casting visible in the cross-section. The blade has a very low curve the forward edge of which is heavily corroded. Behind the blade the surface of the axe is in excellent condition with a dark green patina that have a series of shallow striation that run up from the blade on the top and bottom edge that are probably formed from use or sharpening. The casting seam is visible but has been filed down. The body is decorated with three horizontal ribs on both sides. The socket at the rear is oval 37mm, long by 9mm wide and 4mm deep.Length 40mm, width 49mm, thickness 18mm, weight 101g2, fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe that consists of the blade and a small portion of the socket. The blades has a short curved working edge. The socket sits very close behind the blade and results in there only being 5mm of metal between the tip of the blade and the end of the socket. Although the remaining portion of the axe is heavily truncated the remaining section suggests it would have been very narrow implement.Length 27mm, width 32mm, thickness 13mm, weight 13.49g3, fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axefrom the mid-section of the body. In cross-section that axe is rectangular with faceted sides of two faces. The body is decorated with three horizontal ribs on both sides.Length 50mm, width 38mm, thickness 18mm, weight 67g4, casting wasteCopper alloy teardrop shaped fragment of casting waste or a casting jet.Length 20mm, width 17mm, thickness 15mm, weight 2.85gChronology: Socketed axes deposited in fragmentary, 'scrap' hoards are most common during the Ewart Park phase of the Late Bronze Age c. 950-800 BC BC (Needham 1996).Discussion: The axe fragments are too fragmentary to be assigned to a typological grouping. They are, however, of a comparable date and the addition of a fragment of casting waste is consistent with a so-called 'scrap' or 'founders' hoards of the Late Bronze Age.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/rec | Go to resource |
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