File:2010T509 Bronze Age hoard - Item A.13 Socketed axe (FindID 502578).jpg

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2010T509 Bronze Age hoard - Item A.13 Socketed axe
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Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service, Laura McLean, 2012-05-10 17:09:39
Title
2010T509 Bronze Age hoard - Item A.13 Socketed axe
Description
English: BURNHAM HOARD 2010 T509: Item A.13 Socketed Axe; South Eastern - undiagnostic fragment

Incomplete cast copper alloy socketed axehead. It has been broken across the body; the lower body and blade end survive. The sides are angular, flaring out suddenly to the blade end. There are prominent casting seams on both sides. There is a flat fragment of an undiagnostic copper alloy artefact in the socket, and a corroded fragment of another copper allow artefact adhering to the external surface of the axe.

Length: 55.56mm. Weight: 126.06grams. Socket opening (at break): 21.23mm by 13.73mm. Body (at break): 35.33mm by 21.64mm. Cutting edge: 52.85mm.

Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date between 1000 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 502578
Old ref: ESS-BE81B7
Filename: 2010T509 axe A.13.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/380926
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/380926/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/502578
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current20:35, 2 February 2017Thumbnail for version as of 20:35, 2 February 20173,736 × 2,270 (875 KB) (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, ESS, FindID: 502578, bronze age, page 5856, batch primary count 25795

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