File:Early Bronze Age, Decorated Arreton type flat axe (detail of decoration) (FindID 478554).jpg

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Early Bronze Age: Decorated Arreton type flat axe (detail of decoration)
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Berkshire Archaeology, David Williams, 2011-12-21 11:11:48
Title
Early Bronze Age: Decorated Arreton type flat axe (detail of decoration)
Description
English: The butt of a decorated Long-flanged axe, probably of Arreton Down type. The butt is 101.40mm long and 41.84mm wide and has broken at the start of the splayed blade.

Very little of the original surface of this axe survives and the present surface is rough and deeply pitted. On both sides of the lower part of the septum, adjacent to the break are areas of decoration. The decoration is very difficult to interpret clearly as only a few patches survive undamaged. On the better preserved side the decoration appears as three transverse bands of diagonal crosses with some straight transverse lines. One band can be discerned on the other side. The axe may have had a slight median bevel. The decoration may have continued onto the blade. In any case what is now visible would have been covered by the haft when in use.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hampshire
Date between 2000 BC and 1700 BC
Accession number
FindID: 478554
Old ref: SUR-1BE003
Filename: DSCN5329.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/361362
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/361362/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/478554
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Object location50° 57′ 45″ N, 1° 12′ 34.34″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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