File:Axehead (FindID 619338).jpg

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Axehead
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Suffolk County Council, Gemma Stewart, 2014-05-30 15:23:44
Title
Axehead
Description
English: A complete heavily patinated bi-facially worked chert tranchet axe of Mesolithic date.

It is light grey with frequent chalk pockets. It is an elongated oval with rounded butt. The blade is crescentic with a roughly D-shaped cross-section as the dorsal face is slightly flat. It is heavily abraded with signs of modern damage on all faces.

This tranchet axe measures 150.05mm in length, 56.39mm in width, 33.64mm in thickness, 339g in weight.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Suffolk
Date between 10000 BC and 4001 BC
Accession number
FindID: 619338
Old ref: SF-864A94
Filename: BMF_SF-864A94.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/470361
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/470361/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/619338
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