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Bronze Age socketed axehead (drawing)
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Suffolk County Council, Helen Geake, 2012-09-07 11:31:56
Title
Bronze Age socketed axehead (drawing)
Description
English: Complete plain copper alloy socketed axe with single loop. Main socket moulding plus further decorative moulding below. External moulding seam still relatively rough. Crescentric but not extensively re-sharpened, though bears slight ancient edge damage (some modern - caught by machine bucket). Two internal seams. Medium/dark green patina, with corrosive encrustations.

Length 91mm, maximum width (at blade) 45mm.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Suffolk
Date between 2500 BC and 700 BC
Accession number
FindID: 16973
Old ref: SF2219
Filename: ARW026 no 1 SF2219.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/395876
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/395876/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/16973
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