File:Bronze Age flat axe (face 1, profile 1, face 2, profile 2). (FindID 268220).jpg

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Bronze Age flat axe (face 1, profile 1, face 2, profile 2).
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Duncan, 2009-09-08 01:01:47
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Bronze Age flat axe (face 1, profile 1, face 2, profile 2).
Description
English: Small cast copper-alloy flat axe. Early Bronze-Age (2150BC-1500BC). Length: 71mm; width: 32mm; thickness: 4mm; mass: 39.9g. The axe has a rounded butt, concave sides, and a wide convex cutting edge. The cutting edge is slightly bevelled with angled striations visible on both faces (from sharpening?). The axe is decorated with lines of punched grooves, forming disarticulated zig-zag patterns on both faces: / \ / \ / \. The axe has a well-developed brown patina although some pitting is visible. There is a concave fracture mark adjoining one side near to the cutting edge on one face. This is also patinated and not recent. Based on form, the flat axe is probably type Migdale, although the decoration is uncommon for this type (see Schmidt and Burgess, 1981, p. 44-5). There is little independent evidence for the dating of decorated Migdale axes, but it may be a late development of the type (ibid. p. 58). The axe is unusually small.
Depicted place (County of findspot) North Lincolnshire
Date between 2150 BC and 1500 BC
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FindID: 268220
Old ref: WMID-58D2F4
Filename: wild flat 0809_edited-1.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/220997
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/220997/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/268220
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