File:Early Bronze age copper alloy flat axe (FindID 587675).jpg

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Early Bronze age copper alloy flat axe
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Leicestershire County Council, Wendy Scott, 2013-11-28 11:39:19
Title
Early Bronze age copper alloy flat axe
Description
English: Early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axehead blade. 49mm long, 52mm wide and 10mm thick with a weight of 88.87grams.

The object has a flat rectangular section and has broken neatly across its width, just above the blade leaving no evidence for side flanges or decoration. The blade is heavily splayed forming a very rounded cutting edge. each surface is completely flat only tapering gently towards the blade tip.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Leicestershire
Date between 2350 BC and 1601 BC
Accession number
FindID: 587675
Old ref: LEIC-E29017
Filename: LEIC-E29017.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/448158
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/448158/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/587675
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