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Bronze Age : Axehead
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York Museums Trust, Rebecca Griffiths, 2010-09-06 14:12:31
Title
Bronze Age : Axehead
Description
English: A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axehead of Bronze Age date. The fragment is the blade end including the base of the socketed area.

The sides of the axehead fragment flare outwards and the cutting edge is evenly curved though slightly worn. The cross section is V-shaped.
The two sides of the fragment are broken at different points allowing the base of the socket hole to be seen. There are no traces of casting seams.

The metal has a mid brownish-green patina and is worn. The fragment is 72.8mm long, 44.4mm wide, 14.5mm thick and weighs 99g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) East Riding of Yorkshire
Date between 1150 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 405409
Old ref: YORYM-4E7851
Filename: DP0001.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/296101
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/296101/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/405409
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