File:Bronze Age , Flat Axe (FindID 766810).jpg

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Bronze Age : Flat Axe
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York Museums Trust, Rebecca Griffiths, 2016-02-16 11:24:32
Title
Bronze Age : Flat Axe
Description
English: A fragment of a copper alloy flat axehead of early Bronze Age date. The fragment is the blade end and a short length of handle which is trapezoidal in shape with a worn cutting edge and flared rounded corners. The cross-section is rectangular and the breaks are old and worn. No signs of ridges or flanges are present indicating that this is an early flat axe.

The metal has a heavily corroded mid-green patina. The axehead is 59.1mm long, 40.7mm tapering to 24.1mm wide, 10.7mm thick and weighs 89g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) East Riding of Yorkshire
Date between 2150 BC and 1500 BC
Accession number
FindID: 766810
Old ref: YORYM-8A4196
Filename: PN0064.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/553839
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/553839/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/766810
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 24 November 2020)
Object location53° 44′ 30.84″ N, 0° 25′ 58.07″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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