File:Early to Middle Bronze Age, Slightly developed Arreton type flat axehead (FindID 867821).jpg

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Early to Middle Bronze Age: Slightly developed Arreton type flat axehead
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Teresa Gilmore, 2017-10-03 14:48:43
Title
Early to Middle Bronze Age: Slightly developed Arreton type flat axehead
Description
English: An incomplete copper alloy flat axehead, of the Arreton developed flat axehead type, of Early to Middle Bronze Age dating (c. 1700 to c. 1500 BC).

The axehead is sub rectangular with a crescentic blade. The blade edge has been lost, along with part of the butt. The body of the axe gradually tapers down to a probable rectangular butt. A recess is present on both front and back, a proto socket. No flanges are present along the edges of the axehead. No sign of decoration is present on any face, although most of the original surface has been lost. The sides are lentoid.

It measures 86.7 mm in length, 50.3 mm blade width, 2.5 mm thick (blade edge), 33.5 mm wide (centre), 12.4 mm thick (centre), 20.7 mm wide (butt) and 3.2 mm thick (butt). It weighs 182.1 g.

The flat axehead is a mid to dark green colour, with an uneven surface patina. Abrasion and surface pitting, has resulted in a loss of most of the original surface.

This flat axehead is consistent with that of an Arreton, a slightly later developed short flange flat axehead, consistent with Early Bronze Age metalworking phase III and Middle Bronze Age metalworking Phase I (c. 1700 to c. 1500 BC).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Worcestershire
Date between 1700 BC and 1500 BC
Accession number
FindID: 867821
Old ref: WMID-3941D2
Filename: WMID3941D2.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/631970
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/631970/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/867821
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Object location52° 24′ 54.72″ N, 2° 06′ 55.26″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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