File:Early Bronze Age flat axe (FindID 622837).jpg

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Early Bronze Age flat axe
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Somerset County Council, Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen, 2014-06-18 12:21:52
Title
Early Bronze Age flat axe
Description
English: An incomplete copper alloy flat axehead. The butt is missing with only a section of the body and the cutting edge remaining. The cutting edge is splayed and crescentic with clear facet to the blade edge on both faces. The cros section of the body is sub- rectangular with slightly convex ffaces and slightly angled sides. There is a ridge along the length of the axe along the middle of both sides. On the flat faces is a faint mid-rib and a low transverse ridge just before the break.

Date: Early Bronze Age - c. 2350 - 1500 BC
Dimensions :67.09 mmx 58.65 mm x 14.46 mm

Weight:156.82 g
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hampshire
Date between 2350 BC and 1500 BC
Accession number
FindID: 622837
Old ref: DOR-0434C1
Filename: 0434C1.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/473231
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/473231/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/622837
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