File:Bronze Age Flanged Axe ILLUSTRATION by J. Gibbons (FindID 502930).jpg

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Bronze Age Flanged Axe ILLUSTRATION by J. Gibbons
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Norfolk County Council, Mary Chester-Kadwell, 2012-09-24 14:06:25
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Bronze Age Flanged Axe ILLUSTRATION by J. Gibbons
Description
English: A complete cast copper-alloy flanged axehead of early Bronze Age date.

It has a thin, rounded butt, with almost straight sides before expanding to a flared blade. The axe thins smoothly from the centre to the blade at one end and butt at the other, with raised flanges on either side on both faces which are now damaged and worn, giving an H-shaped section. One flange is more pronounced than the other. No stop bevel is apparent and there is no decoration. The surface is heavily pitted

Dimensions are length 110 mm, blade width 63 mm, and body width 23 mm at the butt where the flanges end to 31 mm at the base of the blade. Maximum thickness of the body on the side of the most pronounced flange is 13 mm.

The axhead is possibly Needham (1983) Class 5, and dates to the early Bronze Age (Arreton period), c.1700-1500 BC.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Norfolk
Date between 1700 BC and 1500 BC
Accession number
FindID: 502930
Old ref: NMS-21A457
Filename: 57333_EBA_FlangedAxehead_1_ILL.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/398008
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/398008/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/502930
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