File:2010T509 Bronze Age hoard - Item A.2 Socketed axe (FindID 502515).jpg

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2010T509 Bronze Age hoard - Item A.2 Socketed axe
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Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service, Laura McLean, 2012-05-10 12:53:08
Title
2010T509 Bronze Age hoard - Item A.2 Socketed axe
Description
English: BURNHAM HOARD 2010 T509: Item A.2 Socketed Axe; Plainseau

Complete cast copper alloy socketed axehead. There is a wide upper mouth moulded with two narrower mouldings below. The top edge of the side loop joins over the lower two mouth mouldings. The sides are concave, tapering out at the blade end. There are prominent casting seams on both sides. The blade end is blunt, with a small amount of damage on one blade tip (side of the loop). The axe has cast decoration on the front and back face, in the form of two raised semi-circular rings, giving an 'egg-timer' impression; these rings do not wrap around the sides of the axe. Body is rectangular in cross section. Mouth has rounded corners.

Length: 96.58mm. Weight: 244.86 grams. Socket opening: 28.35mm by 24.51mm. Socket Mouth: 38.54mm by 35.16mm. Loop: 22.25mm long, 5.05mm wide; located 10.61mm from mouth opening. Body: 24.93mm wide by 22.46mm thick. Cutting edge: 36.99mm (damaged)
Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date between 1000 BC and 800 BC
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FindID: 502515
Old ref: ESS-BABE85
Filename: 2010T509 axe A.2.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/380848
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/380848/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/502515
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