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Axe
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Mark Lodwick, 2010-11-19 12:49:02
Title
Axe
Description
English: Probable Bronze Age fragment, possibly from an axe

The bronze object is fragmented and with all edges rounded, possibly through water-rolling (with a length of 15.9mm, a width of 34.8mm, a thickness of 7.8mm and a weight 16.8g). The condition of the object makes any identification speculative. The fragment is of sub-triangular section, resembling the blade of an axe. The sides are not present and the faces are flat. The blade edge has been lost and there no surviving evidence for a socket base. The fragment has a dark green surface patina.


The general shape of the bronze may suggest a Bronze Age axe blade fragment. The metallurgical composition is consistent with a Bronze Age date.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Swansea
Date between 2500 BC and 750 BC
Accession number
FindID: 291559
Old ref: NMGW-A4AAA4
Filename: 2009.56.2.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/305461
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/305461/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/291559
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 29 November 2020)
Object location51° 38′ 06.72″ N, 4° 07′ 26.36″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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