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Early Bronze Age developed flat axe.
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Derby Museums Trust, Rachel Atherton, 2006-11-17 12:44:59
Title
Early Bronze Age developed flat axe.
Description
English: Early Bronze Age developed flat axe of the Aylesford industrial phase. Rounded butt corners, slight stop (not a ridge, more gentle slope) edges around middle of axe also slightly sloping upwards, but not forming definite flanges. Damaged blade tips. Edge bevel begins a c.12mm from blade edge. yelloish metal, some dark green patina, some light green/blue corrosion.

Length 141.22mm, width of blade (tips damaged) 57.40mm, width at butt end 24.2mm, thickness across stop 12.5mm, weight 302.2g.

Date between 2000 BC and 1900 BC
Accession number
FindID: 150617
Old ref: DENO-DA8C26
Filename: E5244 flat axe.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/121033
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/121033/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/150617
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