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BRONZE AGE SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Incomplete late Bronze Age (1150-800BC) cast copper alloy socketed axe. Only the blade end and a short part of the body revealing the socket end survives. The breaks are extremely worn. The curved cutting edge is worn, being almost flat in places. The socket end is rectangular, measuring 16.33mm wide, 3.30mm thick. The surviving section is trapezoid in plan and triangular in profile. Casting seam…
Subject
- archaeology - BRONZE AGE
Type of item
- SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Medium
- Copper alloy
Subject
- archaeology - BRONZE AGE
Type of item
- SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Medium
- Copper alloy
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Creation date
- -1150
- -1150
Places
- United Kingdom; Essex; Uttlesford
Identifier
- ESS-AD0F92
Year
- -1150
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-04-19T11:31:25.637Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-07-12T16:24:03.592Z