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Bronze Age axehead
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Lucy Shipley, 2020-02-11 12:58:18
Title
Bronze Age axehead
Description
English: An incomplete copper alloy socketed axehead dating to the Late Bronze Age, c. 1300-700 BC.

The axehead consists of part of the hollowed blade. It appears truncated, so that a portion of blade and socket are missing. The blade itself is markedly thicker on the upper surface (8.53mm) than the lower surface (2.50mm), but both share the same profile, flaring from the rectangular socket to form a wider cutting edge. There are some signs of unfinished seams on the side surfaces. It is now a greenish patina with a notable area of damage in different places on both sides- diagonally across the blade and at the lower edge of the blade and side piece. 

The axehead is slightly reminiscent but neater and better produced than no. 176 in Pearce (1983: 431), which she describes as being from the Ashburton area. <a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/993498">WILT-A8FADF</a> is a closer example.

Measurements: 46.5mm length, 43.5mm width, 17.4mm thickness, weight 146g 
Depicted place (County of findspot) Devon
Date between 1300 BC and 700 BC
Accession number
FindIdentifier: 992673
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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/1091916
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1091916/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/992673
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 13 November 2020)
Object location50° 46′ 54.12″ N, 2° 59′ 05.32″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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