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Early Bronze Age flat axehead
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Winchester Museums Service, Katie Hinds, 2013-11-25 12:59:12
Title
Early Bronze Age flat axehead
Description
English: A Bronze Age cast copper-alloy flat axe. In plan, the end of the butt is damaged as the corners are clipped; it has a width of c. 20.3mm. Modern damage central to the end of the butt can be identified by the lack of patina. The long side-edges of the axe are slightly flanged (being c.0.5mm thicker at the very edge than just inside it), with the stop ridge on the surface being just off centre to the widest section of the flanged sides, 48.2mm from the butt and 59.0mm from the blade. The stop ridge is 9mm thick, tapering to either end where it measures 2.45mm at the butt and 3.20mm at the blade. In plan, the blade flares outwards to form a crescent shape and is evenly curved but slightly asymmetrical. This axe is abraded and pitted overall, and has small patches of a dark green patina. This patina shows numerous vertical scratches and it is uncertain whether this is the result of the metal working procedure, or post depositional. There is no indication of any decoration.

Although a precise date can not be ascertained, the author believes this Early Bronze Age axe head to be dated between 2350 and 1700 BC. This encompasses two distinctive axe types:

2350 - 2050 BC Migdale type: metalworking stage II, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 2 circa 2350- 2050 CAL. BC. Similar to LVPL-DA4598

2050-1700 BC Aylesford type: metalworking tradition phase IV, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 3 circa 2050 - 1700 CAL. BC. Similar to IOW-242AF7
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hampshire
Date between 2350 BC and 1700 BC
Accession number
FindID: 584261
Old ref: HAMP-8CCCA4
Filename: HAMP-8CCCA4.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/447632
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/447632/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/584261
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Object location51° 05′ 10.32″ N, 1° 04′ 34.64″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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