File:Bronze Age, Socketed Axehead (fragment) (FindID 970159).jpg

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Bronze Age: Socketed Axehead (fragment)
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Frank Basford, 2019-09-10 14:38:21
Title
Bronze Age: Socketed Axehead (fragment)
Description
English: A fragment of a Late Bronze Age copper-alloy socketed axehead (c. 1000 BC-c. 800 BC).

This fragment is the lower part of the blade including the cutting edge. There is a transverse break at the top where the base of the socket is present. In side view it is roughly 'V'-shaped.

The surface is lost due to corrosion except where a thick light brown patina survives.

Height: 22.0mm; width: 37.8mm; thickness: 10.6mm. Weight: 24.93g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Isle of Wight
Date between 1000 BC and 801 BC
Accession number
FindIdentifier: 970159
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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/1071951
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1071951/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/970159
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