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Bronze Age Socketed Axehead
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Somerset County Council, Naomi Payne, 2007-11-27 16:10:14
Title
Bronze Age Socketed Axehead
Description
English: An incomplete cast copper alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date. The axehead measures 89.8mm in length and weighs 274g. Just over half of the socket is missing. On the exterior of the sub-rectangular mouth there are four linear mouldings, the upper most of which is larger and thicker that the other three. There are no other mouldings. The socket has a maximum thickness of 7.5mm and a depth of 60mm. The complete loop starts just below the mouth mouldings. It measures 19.4mm in length and the width of the D-shaped cross section is between 10.5mm and 8.7mm. There is an indistinct casting flash along the centre of the two narrow sides and some pitting on each face. The side flare gently from below the loop and the measurement across the asymmetrical curving cutting edge is 50.7mm. The form of this socketed axehead fits best into the Ewart Park phase, which dates from c. 1000-800 BC. It is an example of type South-eastern type A1 (plain).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Somerset
Date between 1000 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 201169
Old ref: SOM-C03882
Filename: C03882.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/157606
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/157606/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/201169
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