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[edit]A cast bronze fragment of a Bronze Age socketed axe, dating between c. 1400-700 BC. | |||
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Caroline Johnson, 2004-10-05 11:23:50 |
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A cast bronze fragment of a Bronze Age socketed axe, dating between c. 1400-700 BC. |
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English: A cast bronze blade fragment of a Bronze Age socketed axehead (length: 35mm; width at blade tip: 52mm; thickness: 14.4mm; weight: 73.57g). With only the lower part of the body and blade edge surviving, it is impossible to classify this socketed axehead to a particular type. The hollow inside of the artefact is present. The break probably happened in antiquity and occurs across the width of the axehead in a roughly straight line. The artefact is in a worn and poor condition with some areas of bronze disease, particularly along the break and inside the hollow cavity. No remains of the original patina survive and the surface has a variety of colours, mainly orange and light green. Socketed axeheads represent a change in the method of hafting and production (by hollow casting), particularly in comparison with the earlier flat and palstave axes. The hafting is now done with the adoption of a handle with a single knee-shaft prong (Savory, 1980, page 48). Socketed axes date to the Late Bronze Age (c.1000-800 BC). |
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Depicted place | (County of findspot) Telford and Wrekin | ||
Date | between 1000 BC and 800 BC | ||
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FindID: 76878 Old ref: WMID-26FF21 Filename: WMID-26FF21.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/37943 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/37943/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/76878 |
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Object location | 52° 46′ 15.6″ N, 2° 22′ 30.36″ W ![]() | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | ![]() |
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