File:Bronze Age socketed axehead (drawing) (FindID 16975).jpg

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Bronze Age socketed axehead (drawing)
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Suffolk County Council, Helen Geake, 2012-09-07 11:01:46
Title
Bronze Age socketed axehead (drawing)
Description
English: Almost complete copper alloy triple ribbed socketed axe with single loop. Main socket moulding plus further decorative moulding below. Faces decorated with three short ribs. Irregular hole (casting flaw) on side behind loop, which is also poorly cast. Blade severely damaged (lump broken off and severely bent/blunted elsewhere) by heavy use? Medium/dark green patina with corrosive encrustations.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Suffolk
Date between 1000 BC and 800 BC
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FindID: 16975
Old ref: SF2220
Filename: ARW026 no 2 SF2220.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/395844
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/395844/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/16975
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