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Bronze Age flanged axe
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Julian Watters, 2004-05-28 16:53:23
Title
Bronze Age flanged axe
Description
English: Copper-(?alloy) flanged axe of probable early Bronze Age date. The object is long and narrow, measuring 94.2mm long, by 13.8mm wide at the attachment end, and widening gradually to a maximum width of 25.9mm at the blade. The maximum thickness is towards the middle, where it is 11.3mm. From here it tapers gradually towards the blade. The flanges of the axe are 41.2mm long and only 2.5mm deep. There is a smooth break between the flanges and the main body of the axe. There is no stop ridge. There is slight damage to the blade and the object is heavily corroded. Weight = 84.28g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hampshire
Date between 2150 BC and 1500 BC
Accession number
FindID: 67442
Old ref: BH-75AF41
Filename: axe 0475 - all.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/26603
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/26603/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/67442
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 16 November 2020)
Object location50° 57′ 45″ N, 1° 12′ 34.34″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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