File:Bronze Age, Flat Axe (FindID 994060).jpg

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

Original file (4,155 × 3,476 pixels, file size: 2.04 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Bronze Age : Flat Axe
Photographer
York Museums Trust, Rebecca Griffiths, 2020-03-03 12:20:48
Title
Bronze Age : Flat Axe
Description
English: A complete copper-alloy flat axehead of early Bronze Age date, c.2150 - 1500 BC. 

The axehead is sub-trapezoidal with a lenticular long profile, thickest at the middle. The haft end terminates in a flat topped butt which is broken and worn. The sides of the axe expand gradually to the wide crescentic blade end with beveled cutting edge. The axehead is undecorated.

The metal has a mid-orange/brown patina and is worn. The object is 100.3mm long, 54mm to 19.2mm wide, 11.9mm thick and weighs 154g.

Depicted place (County of findspot) Lincolnshire
Date between 2150 BC and 1500 BC
Accession number
FindIdentifier: 994060
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/1094971
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1094971/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/994060
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 13 November 2020)
Object location52° 58′ 12″ N, 0° 25′ 47.1″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
Attribution: York Museums Trust
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.

File history

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

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current12:15, 13 November 2020Thumbnail for version as of 12:15, 13 November 20204,155 × 3,476 (2.04 MB)Fæ (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, YORYM, FindID: 994060-1094971, bronze age, page 618, batch count 10816

You cannot overwrite this file.

The following page uses 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:Bronze_Age,_Flat_Axe_(FindID_994060).jpg&oldid=834953331"