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Bronze Age : Axehead
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York Museums Trust, Rebecca Griffiths, 2017-11-10 11:05:09
Title
Bronze Age : Axehead
Description
English: A complete though very worn copper-alloy flat axehead of early Bronze Age date, c.2150 - 1500 BC. The axehead is sub-trapezoidal with a curved blade tapering to a rounded cutting edge. The axehead is extremely worn and undecorated. No signs of ridges or flanges are present indicating that this is an early flat axe.

The metal has a heavily corroded dark green patina. The axehead is 66.3mm long, 28.6mm tapering to 19.8mm wide, 8.2mm thick and weighs 63g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) East Riding of Yorkshire
Date between 2150 BC and 1500 BC
Accession number
FindID: 873066
Old ref: YORYM-C4F291
Filename: KB0052.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/636627
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/636627/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/873066
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Object location53° 57′ 52.92″ N, 0° 53′ 43.84″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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