File:2010T509 Bronze Age hoard - Item A.6 Socketed axe (FindID 502450).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file (2,206 × 2,177 pixels, file size: 511 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
2010T509 Bronze Age hoard - Item A.6 Socketed axe
Photographer
Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service, Laura McLean, 2012-05-10 11:02:26
Title
2010T509 Bronze Age hoard - Item A.6 Socketed axe
Description
English: BURNHAM HOARD 2010 T509: Item A.6 Socketed Axe; South Eastern - Faceted (Petters class D)

Incomplete cast copper alloy socketed axehead. The mouth is damaged (it does not show signs of wear. The side loop begins immediately after the break. The casting seams on the side of the axe have been smoothed. The axe has a shallow octagonal cross section, due to the faceted edges on the front and back face. Some damage to the cutting edge.

Length: 93.73mm. Weight: 116.42grams. Loop: 21.47mm long, 4.79mm wide. Body: 31.51mm wide by 14.17mm thick. Cutting edge: 45.69mm.

socket at break: 20.19mm by 13.32mm
Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date between 1000 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 502450
Old ref: ESS-B8EFE2
Filename: 2010T509 axe A.6.jpg
Credit line
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/380822
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/380822/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/502450
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 17 November 2020)

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current20:46, 2 February 2017Thumbnail for version as of 20:46, 2 February 20172,206 × 2,177 (511 KB)Fæ (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, ESS, FindID: 502450, bronze age, page 5861, batch primary count 25896

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:2010T509_Bronze_Age_hoard_-_Item_A.6_Socketed_axe_(FindID_502450).jpg&oldid=806643786"