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2010T509 Bronze Age hoard - Item A.1 Socketed axe
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Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service, Laura McLean, 2012-05-10 12:50:26
Title
2010T509 Bronze Age hoard - Item A.1 Socketed axe
Description
English: BURNHAM HOARD 2010 T509: Item A.1 Socketed Axe; Plainseau

Complete cast copper alloy socketed axehead. There is a wide upper mouth moulding with a narrower moulding below. The top of the side loop is located over the lower mouth moulding. The body sides are slightly concave, flaring out at the blade end. There are prominent casting seams on both sides, and on the side loop. The body is rectangular in section, and the mouth has rounded corners. There is damage to the cutting edge. There is some corroded fragments of copper alloy at the socket end. The axe has cast decoration in the form of two raised rings over the side edges, and wrapping over the front and back faces, giving an 'egg-timer' impression on the front and back faces.

Length: 77.12mm. Weight: 132.68 grams. Socket opening: 26.21mm by 21.78mm. Socket Mouth: 32.79mm by 29.20mm. Loop: 19.77mm long, 6.42mm wide; located 10.79mm from mouth opening. Body: 25.33mm wide by 16.25mm thick. Cutting edge: 42.08mm
Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date between 1000 BC and 800 BC
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FindID: 502512
Old ref: ESS-BAB4C7
Filename: 2010T509 axe A.1.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/380846
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/380846/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/502512
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