File:Bronze Age to Roman miniature axe head (FindID 587864).jpg

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Bronze Age to Roman miniature axe head
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Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, Richard Henry, 2014-01-08 10:33:27
Title
Bronze Age to Roman miniature axe head
Description
English: A copper alloy miniature axe head of probable late Iron Age or Roman date (c. 100 BC - AD 410). The miniature is sub-rectangular in plan and triangular in profile. It is a Robinson Type II with an expanding, straight-sided profile. The axe head is socketed and features an incomplete semi-circular suspension loop. The loop would have originally extended from the lip of the axe 9.67mm along the length of the body. The socket hole is broadly ovular in shape and 8.58mm deep. The lip of the socket is slightly irregular.

The miniature measures 20.78mm in length, 18.99mm maximum width, 14.55mm minimum width, 11.81mm maximum thickness (socket end), 2.01mm minimum width (blade end) and weighs 12.84g.

Cf: Robinson, 1995, pp. 61 - 63. Although Robinson attributes most miniature axe heads to the late Iron Age and Roman periods, they can date to anywhere between the Late Bronze Age and late Roman period.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Wiltshire
Date between 100 BC and 410
Accession number
FindID: 587864
Old ref: WILT-F76851
Filename: WILT-F76851.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/451666
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/451666/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/587864
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Object location51° 18′ 09.72″ N, 1° 52′ 45.16″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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