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<recordmetadata>
<created>
<createdon>2009-06-18 10:54:30</createdon>
<createdby>
<appellation>
<name>Robert Collins</name>
<identifier namespace="PAS">rcollins</identifier></appellation>
</createdby>
</created>
<lastupdated>
<lastupdatedon>2011-02-24 13:47:52</lastupdatedon>
<lastupdatedby>
<appellation><name>Daniel Pett</name>
<identifier namespace="PAS">dpett</identifier>
</appellation>
</lastupdatedby>
</lastupdated>
</recordmetadata>
<appellation>
<identifier namespace="PAS">NCL-A0D3E7</identifier>
</appellation>
<character>
<objecttype certainty="Probably">
Axe</objecttype>
<descriptions>
<description>
<full>A cast copper&#45;alloy butt of a flat axe of the early to middle Bronze Age.

The butt is wedge&#45;shaped with a maximum thickness of 7.9mm and a minimum thickness of 3.14mm.

There is an abraded break at the thick end of the wedge, and the narrow end of the wedge is worn. Along the lengths of the broad side faces, there are hints of a slight raised border.</full>
<summary>A cast copper&#45;alloy butt of a flat axe of the early to middle Bronze Age.

The butt is wedge&#45;shaped with a maximum thickness of 7.9mm and a minimum thickness of 3.14mm.

There is an abraded break at the thick end of the wedge, and the narrow end of the wedge is worn. Along the lengths of the ...</summary>
<notes></notes>
</description>
</descriptions>
<manufacture>
<materials>
<material>Copper alloy</material>
</materials>
<technique>Cast</technique>
<temporal>
<span>
<display>
<appellation type="broadperiod">BRONZE AGE</appellation>
<appellation type="periodFrom">BRONZE AGE</appellation>
<appellation type="subperiodFrom">Early</appellation>
<appellation type="periodTo">BRONZE AGE</appellation>
<appellation type="subperiodTo">Middle</appellation>
</display>
<start><appellation type="date" qualifier="circa">-2150</appellation></start>
<end><appellation type="date" qualifier="circa">-1300</appellation></end>
</span>
</temporal>
</manufacture>
<measurements>
<measurement units="mm" type="width">27.32</measurement>
<measurement units="mm" type="diameter"></measurement>
<measurement units="mm" type="height"></measurement>
<measurement units="mm" type="length">47</measurement>
<measurement units="mm" type="thickness">7.9</measurement>
</measurements>
<decorations>
<decoration type="inscription"></decoration>
<decoration type="method"></decoration>
<decoration type="style"></decoration>
<decoration type="surface treatement"></decoration>
</decorations>
</character>
<condition>
<state>
</state>
<completeness>
Fragment</completeness>
</condition>
<activities>
<activity type="recording">
<temporal>
<span>
<start>
<appellation type="datetime">
2009-06-18 10:54:30</appellation>
</start>
</span>
</temporal>
</activity>
</activities>
<discovery>
<actor></actor>
<spatial>
<place>
<namedplace>
<location type="county" namespace="EH_CDP98">NORTHUMBERLAND</location>
<location type="district">ALNWICK</location>
<location type="parish">HEPPLE</location>
</namedplace>
</place>
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<quickpoint>
<x></x>
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POINT( )
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<capturemethod>
From Map</capturemethod>
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<representation namespace="O.S.1:10000">
NY99NE 
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<representation namespace="O.S.1:25000">
NY3959 
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</spatial>
<temporal>
<span>
<start>
<appellation type="date" qualifier="exactly">
29.06.2003
</appellation>
</start>
</span>
</temporal>
<method>Metal detector</method>
<circumstance></circumstance>
</discovery>
<quantity>1</quantity>
<rights>
<copyright>
<holder>NCL</holder> 
<statement>Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme</statement>
<year>2009</year>
</copyright>
<accessrights>
<grantedto></grantedto>
<conditions></conditions>
<statement></statement>
</accessrights>
<reproductionrights>
<statement>These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited.</statement>
<contact>The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk</contact>
<fees>No fees are applicable.</fees>
</reproductionrights>
</rights>
<objectannex>
<ruler></ruler>
</objectannex>
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