File:Bronze Age socketed axehead (fragment) (FindID 286231).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(3,532 × 2,016 pixels, file size: 1.09 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Bronze Age socketed axehead (fragment)
Photographer
None, Julian Watters, 2010-02-04 14:27:57
Title
Bronze Age socketed axehead (fragment)
Description
English: A fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead.

The piece represents the lower part of the blade, including the cutting edge. The axe is hollow, increasing in width, but decreasing in thickness, towards the convex cutting edge. The artefact has a bright green patina and is heavily corroded, particularly around the edges, where there is a powdery white corrosion product. A central casting flash, visible on each of the two narrower faces, indicates that the artefact was produced in a two-piece mould.

The object measures 34.5mm long, 50.6mm wide and up to 17.6mm thick. The weight is 82.06g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Central Bedfordshire
Date between 1150 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 286231
Old ref: BH-30DD24
Filename: BA axe 2871.jpg
Credit line
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/237739
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/237739/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/286231
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 19 November 2020)

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current01:29, 29 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 01:29, 29 January 20173,532 × 2,016 (1.09 MB)Fæ (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, BH, FindID: 286231, bronze age, page 857, batch count 15417

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Bronze_Age_socketed_axehead_(fragment)_(FindID_286231).jpg&oldid=807821454"