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Description: | A highly worn fragment of copper-alloy flat axehead of Bronze Age date (2350-2050 BC).The axehead survives as the splayed crescent blade and part of the body of the axe. the blade is very worn and one side of the crescent is stunted. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with slight tapering edges. The butt is missing due to an old and abraded break however what remains tapers inward toward the butt end.The metal is brown in colour with areas of light green corrosion. The object has a heavily pitted green and mottled brown patinated surface.Measurements: 43.76mm long, 63.21mm wide, 10.62mm thick and 132g in weight.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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