File:Early Bronze Age copper-alloy flat axehead (FindID 400792).jpg

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Early Bronze Age copper-alloy flat axehead
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Tom Brindle, 2010-07-28 15:45:03
Title
Early Bronze Age copper-alloy flat axehead
Description
English: A cast copper-alloy flat axehead of early Bronze Age date, dating from circa 2150 to 1500 BC. The axehead is sub-triangular in plan with a wide curved blade which tapers to the butt, which has rounded shoulders. The axehead is 63.7 mm wide at the blade end, tapering to approximately 24 mm at the butt. It is lozengiform in section, slightly thinner at the edges than in the centre, and the eges are rounded. There is no evidence for any decoration, and there is no stop ridge or flanges for the haft, indicating that this is an early flat axe. It measures 96.3 mm long, 0.98 mm thick and weighs 272.7 grams. The axehead has a very dark green, almost black patina in places, however on most parts of the axe this surface has rubbed away, exposing a paler green patina. Flat axes are amongst the earliest metal objects discovered in Britain.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Northamptonshire
Date between 2150 BC and 1500
Accession number
FindID: 400792
Old ref: WMID-03AD98
Filename: WMID-03AD98.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/291294
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/291294/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/400792
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Object location52° 25′ 09.48″ N, 0° 34′ 16.56″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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