File:2010T509 Bronze Age hoard - Item A.3 Socketed axe (FindID 502517).jpg

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2010T509 Bronze Age hoard - Item A.3 Socketed axe
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Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service, Laura McLean, 2012-05-10 12:58:36
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2010T509 Bronze Age hoard - Item A.3 Socketed axe
Description
English: BURNHAM HOARD 2010 T509: Item A.3 Socketed Axe; Plainseau

Complete cast copper alloy socketed axehead. The mouth has rounded corners. There is a wide upper mouth moulding with two narrower mouldings below. There is a small casting flaw on the non-looped side, where the lower mouth mouldings are not present. The top edge of the side loop joins over the two lower mouldings. The sides are concave, expanding at the blade end. Casting seams are prominent on the sides towards the mouth end of the body. The axe has cast decoration on the front and back face, in the form of two raised semi-circular rings, giving an 'egg-timer' impression, although these are very feint. Body has rectangular cross section. Cutting edge undamaged. There are two loose pieces of copper alloy inside the socket end, recorded as A.3.1 (below).

Length: 95.27mm. Weight: 261.83 grams. Socket opening: 27.04mm by 25.49mm. Socket Mouth: 38.67mm by 36.60mm. Loop: 21.34mm long, 5.59mm wide; located 9.59mm from mouth opening. Body: 25.48mm wide by 20.64mm thick. Cutting edge: 37.76mm.

A.3.1 small corroded copper alloy fragment weighs 1.7 grams.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date between 1000 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 502517
Old ref: ESS-BACFA4
Filename: 2010T509 axe A.3.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/380851
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/380851/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/502517
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