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Bronze Age Socketed Axehead
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Somerset County Council, Naomi Payne, 2006-10-12 15:50:54
Title
Bronze Age Socketed Axehead
Description
English: The broken tip of a cast copper alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date. The fragment consists of the crescent-shaped cutting edge, which measures 32.7mm from blade tip to blade tip, and a 19.7mm length of the axehead, including the end of the elliptical socket. At its widest surviving point the axehead measures 11mm. The surfaces are slightly pitted and the edges are rather corroded. The fragment has been bent out of shape.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Wiltshire
Date between 1150 BC and 800 BC
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FindID: 145834
Old ref: SOMDOR-E3B7D1
Filename: E3B7D1.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/116464
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/116464/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/145834
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