File:Axe (FindID 617573).jpg

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Axe
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Suffolk County Council, Gemma Stewart, 2014-05-21 15:50:13
Title
Axe
Description
English: A complete heavily patinated bi-facially worked flint tranchet axe of Mesolithic date.

It is an elongated oval with rounded butt. The blade is crescentic with a roughly D-shaped cross-section as the dorsal face is flat. There are signs of modern damage on the ventral face.

This hand axe measures 91.29mm in length, 42.03mm in width, 18.24mm in thickness, 64.03g in weight.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Suffolk
Date between 7000 BC and 4001 BC
Accession number
FindID: 617573
Old ref: SF-C53BBC
Filename: WNF_SF-C53BBC.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/469220
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/469220/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/617573
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