File:2010T509 Bronze Age hoard - Item A.40 Socketed axe (FindID 503189).jpg

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2010T509 Bronze Age hoard - Item A.40 Socketed axe
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Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service, Laura McLean, 2012-05-16 08:52:59
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2010T509 Bronze Age hoard - Item A.40 Socketed axe
Description
English: BURNHAM HOARD 2010 T509: Item A.40 Socketed Axe; Plainseau

Incomplete and distorted cast copper alloy socketed axe. The mouth and blade end are missing. The sides are curved with smoothed casting seams. It has a rectangular cross section, however the socket walls have been pushed together. The front and back face two raised semi-circular rings, giving an 'egg-timer' impression. The decoration does not extend onto the sides of the axe. There is another copper alloy artefact inserted into the socket of the axe.

Length: 56.83mm Weight: 84.2 grams Socket (at upper break): 25.77mm by 5.96mm. Body (at break): 32.82mm by 17.41mm, at lowwer break 29.65mm by 9.51mm
Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date between 1000 BC and 800 BC
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FindID: 503189
Old ref: ESS-35C4C4
Filename: A.40 axe planseau.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/381512
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/381512/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/503189
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