File:Bronze Age socketed axehead (fragment) (FindID 589709).jpg

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Bronze Age socketed axehead (fragment)
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St. Albans District Council, Julian Watters, 2013-12-09 11:39:28
Title
Bronze Age socketed axehead (fragment)
Description
English: A fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead.

The surviving piece represents the lower part of the implement and is sub-trapezoidal in plan, its slightly concave sides flaring towards a rounded cutting edge. The rectangular-sectioned socket extends to approximately halfway down the remaining piece of the axehead and, as with the implement itself, tapers towards the bottom. A longitudinal casting seam is visible at the centre of both of the two narrower surfaces of the piece. The artefact is corroded in places, with patches of a dark brownish-green patina surviving elsewhere.

Length: 31.1mm; maximum width: 37.2mm; maximum thickness (at top): 13.9mm; weight: 33.82g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Oxfordshire
Date between 1150 BC and 801 BC
Accession number
FindID: 589709
Old ref: BH-CA6718
Filename: BA_axe_13_100_3.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/449350
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/449350/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/589709
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