File:Bronze Age , Socketed Axehead (FindID 496869).jpg

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

Original file (3,449 × 1,636 pixels, file size: 1.21 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Bronze Age : Socketed Axehead
Photographer
York Museums Trust, Rebecca Griffiths, 2012-04-23 14:07:07
Title
Bronze Age : Socketed Axehead
Description
English: A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axehead of Bronze Age date. The fragment is the blade end including the base of the socketed area. It is rectangular in plan and V-shaped in section with a worn cutting edge and rounded corners. The breaks at the socketed end are old and the remains of a loop project from one edge. A casting flash is present along one of the longer edges.
The metal has a mid reddish-green patina and is very worn. The fragment is 49.1mm long, 38.4mm wide, 22.4mm thick and weighs 63g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) East Riding of Yorkshire
Date between 1200 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 496869
Old ref: YORYM-C1CAE2
Filename: DE0152.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/378474
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/378474/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/496869
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 2 December 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
current00:02, 3 February 2017Thumbnail for version as of 00:02, 3 February 20173,449 × 1,636 (1.21 MB)Fæ (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, YORYM, FindID: 496869, bronze age, page 5979, batch primary count 28018

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_,_Socketed_Axehead_(FindID_496869).jpg&oldid=920911687"