File:Bronze Age , Socketed Axhead (FindID 477702).jpg

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Bronze Age : Socketed Axhead
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York Museums Trust, Rebecca Griffiths, 2012-01-09 10:38:22
Title
Bronze Age : Socketed Axhead
Description
English: A complete cast copper alloy socketed axehead of Bronze Age date.

The axehead is wedge shaped with a square socket and slight raised edges. Internally the socket is infilled with material as a result of its deposition. Externally the axehead tapers and narrows along the body before expanding into the blade. The cutting edge has a pronounce flare out toward each of the blade tips and is quite worn and pitted. There are a few linear markings (striations) on the blade, but it does not appear to have been sharpened or hammered.
A D-shaped sectioned attachment loop is present to one side of the axehead just below the mouth moulding. A casting flash can be seen running both sides of the axehead including the loop.
Casting flashes are present on both sides of the axehead, they run from below the upper mouth moulding to the blade tips. The flashing looks like it has been worked. The blade tips measure 53.1mm tip to tip.

The metal has a shiny mid blackish-green patina and survives in good condition. Parts of the surface remain very smooth and fine, but some corrosion has occurred. The axehead is 97.8mm long, the mouth has an external diameter of 39.9mm x 38.8mm, an internal diameter of 25.9mm x 25.9mm and is41.3mm wide at the blade. The axehead weighs 26.2g though it is infillled with organic material.
Depicted place (County of findspot) East Riding of Yorkshire
Date between 1200 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 477702
Old ref: YORYM-87C482
Filename: RoD0208a.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/362862
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/362862/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/477702
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