File:Bronze Age Flat Axehead (FindID 105423).jpg

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Bronze Age Flat Axehead
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Somerset County Council, Naomi Payne, 2005-08-24 13:33:15
Title
Bronze Age Flat Axehead
Description
English: A complete Early Bronze Age cast copper alloy thin-butted flat axehead. The body of the axe flares out into a crescent-shaped blade, although the cutting edge has been lost due to corrosion. The butt (33.84mm in width) curves slightly, but is also corroded. The axe shows some pitting on each surface but it is otherwise in good condition, with a rich greenish-brown patina. The body thickens in the middle so that the shaft sides have an elongated diamond shape, each with a longitudinal ridge in the centre. Another very slight ridge can be seen across the centre of the object, at its thickest point, and another curves parallel to the blade. The axehead is similar to one in the collection of Salisbury Museum, which falls into the Migdale-Marnoch tradition.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Dorset
Date between 2150 BC and 1500 BC
Accession number
FindID: 105423
Old ref: SOMDOR-C71623
Filename: C71623.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/73176
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/73176/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/105423
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