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Bronze Age : Socketed axehead
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Sussex Archaeological Society, Liz Wilson, 2007-05-03 17:14:36
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Bronze Age : Socketed axehead
Description
English: A complete Late Bronze Age socketed axe of unusual type. Triple mouth moulding and an hour-glass shaped mouldings on each side with three mouldings and a further double curved moulding beneath the moulding at the mouth. The mouth is concave. The upper part of the loop is at right angles to the mouth and is straight and perpendicular before curving in (resembling a teacup handle. The casting sprues below the handle have been roughly fettled and have been left intact at the handle and on the upper body. Slightly expanded blade, edge intact. Light hammer rippling and scratches at lower blade. Very even and smooth mid green patina. The blade is 46mm wide, the external socket is 33.7mm x 28.8mm, the internal socket is 26.6mm x 21.2mm, the depth of the socket is 57.5mm, the breadth of the loop is 6.9mm and the axehead weighs 174g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) East Sussex
Date between 1000 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 178584
Old ref: SUSS-1D4FF7
Filename: PF26.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/137399
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/137399/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/178584
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