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An incomplete tip of a Bronze Age socketed axehead, dating from c. 1050-600 BC.
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Caroline Johnson, 2005-06-28 13:26:00
Title
An incomplete tip of a Bronze Age socketed axehead, dating from c. 1050-600 BC.
Description
English: An incomplete tip of a cast bronze socketed axehead, dating from c. 1050-600 BC (length: 24.9mm; width: 45.8mm; thickness: 12.4mm; weight: 54.10g). This rounded tip has a very blunted and possibly unfinished blade and only a small part of the bottom of the socket mouth is visible as a slight sub-rectangular indentation. This artefact is in a worn and poor condition with a patchy dark brown patina remaining, although the object seems to have been coated in a substance.

In 'Guide Catalogue of the Bronze Age', savory states that the socketed axe-head represents a change both in the method of hafting and the method of production. This involves the adoption of a handle with a single knee-shaft prong, as well as the use of hollow casting and the 'cire perdue' process.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Staffordshire
Date between 1050 BC and 600 BC
Accession number
FindID: 100259
Old ref: WMID-14AC46
Filename: WMID-14AC46.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/67860
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/67860/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/100259
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 21 November 2020)
Object location52° 39′ 36″ N, 2° 04′ 05.63″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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