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Bronze Age axe tip
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Derby Museums Trust, Anja Rohde, 2008-01-23 12:19:30
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Bronze Age axe tip
Description
English: Bronze Age axe; fragment of the blade of a cast copper alloy axe. As this is the tip only, it is very difficult to be certain of the original shape of the axe and therefore of the dating. However, the proportions of the blade, the curvature of the outer sides of the cutting edge and the manner of the tapering towards the cutting edge indicate that it is most likely from a late flat axe or a palstave. I therefore give a tentative dating of the period of the second millennium BC (2000 – 1000 BC). The metal is somewhat pitted and rough with little of the original surface remaining. There is some evidence of powdery, pale green copper corrosion. Length (apex of cutting edge to back of break) 28.4mm, width (across cutting edge) 54.5mm, thickness 11.4mm, weight 47.20g
Depicted place (County of findspot) Warwickshire
Date between 2000 BC and 1000 BC
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FindID: 207150
Old ref: DENO-71F244
Filename: E5971 1 axe tip.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/162993
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/162993/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/207150
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