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Description: | A cast copper alloy small flat axehead of Early Bronze Age date. The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan with a narrow rounded butt and parallel straight sides which expand to the cutting edge. It is of narrow butted form with slight low flanges to either side. The relatively straight sided body broadens to the blade, which is 2mm thick and remains sharp. There an indication of the beginnings of a stop ridge.The axehead measures 103mm in length, 20mm in width at the butt, 44mm in width at the cutting edge and 11mm thick. It weighs 164g.The patina across most of the axehead has been worn and eaten away by invasive corrosion. This has left much of the axe covered in deep craters or pocks. A small amount of a smooth dark brown patina is visible on the sides. This axe is in the Migdale tradition and can be dated c. 2300-2050BC.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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