The tip (cutting edge) of a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead dating from about 1000 - 700 BC. The cutting edge is worn and rounded. It is wider than the rest of the axe; the sides curve inwards. The casting seams are visible on the edges, but they have been smoothed. The break is also patinated suggesting the axe has been broken in the ground for a long time. The patination on the inside of the socket is darker. On the outside, the smooth olive green patina survives in places, but patches are missing showing lighter coloured corroded metal beneath. Compare KENT-279A24.<\/p>","notes":null,"old_findID":"SWYOR-D822A5","id":"483493","objecttype":"AXE","classification":null,"subclass":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2012-01-23 15:52:10","broadperiod":"BRONZE AGE","updated":"2012-01-23 16:01:00","treasureID":null,"secwfstage":"4","secuid":"PAS4F1D822A001924","findofnote":"1","objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":null,"datefound2":"2011-11-25","createdBy":"516","curr_loc":null,"inscription":null,"reason":"County \/ local importance","subsequentAction":"Returned to finder"}],"record":[{"id":"483493","old_findID":"SWYOR-D822A5","uniqueID":"PAS4F1D822A001924","objecttype":"AXE","classification":null,"subclass":null,"length":"22.89","height":null,"width":"43.15","thickness":"12.54","diameter":null,"quantity":"1","other_ref":"Wakefield Museum Object Entry Form 2203","treasureID":null,"broadperiod":"BRONZE AGE","numdate1":"-1000","numdate2":"-700","description":"
The tip (cutting edge) of a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead dating from about 1000 - 700 BC. The cutting edge is worn and rounded. It is wider than the rest of the axe; the sides curve inwards. The casting seams are visible on the edges, but they have been smoothed. The break is also patinated suggesting the axe has been broken in the ground for a long time. The patination on the inside of the socket is darker. On the outside, the smooth olive green patina survives in places, but patches are missing showing lighter coloured corroded metal beneath. Compare KENT-279A24.<\/p>","notes":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2012-01-23 15:52:10","updated":"2012-01-23 16:01:00","secwfstage":"4","findofnote":"1","objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":null,"datefound2":"2011-11-25","inscription":null,"disccircum":null,"museumAccession":null,"subsequentAction":"1","objectCertainty":"1","dateFromCertainty":"1","dateToCertainty":"1","dateFoundFromCertainty":null,"dateFoundToCertainty":null,"subPeriodFrom":null,"subPeriodTo":null,"reason":"County \/ local importance","username":"acooper","fullname":"Amy Downes","institution":"SWYOR","usernameUpdate":"acooper","fullnameUpdate":"Amy Downes","primaryMaterial":"Copper alloy","secondaryMaterial":null,"decoration":null,"style":null,"manufacture":"Cast","surfaceTreatment":null,"completeness":"Fragment","preservation":"Fair","cert":"Certain","periodFrom":"BRONZE AGE","periodTo":null,"culture":null,"discmethod":"Metal detector","finder":null,"identifier":"Ms Amy Downes","secondaryIdentifier":null,"recorder":"Ms Amy Downes","county":"EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE","parish":"BISHOP BURTON","district":"EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE","easting":null,"northing":null,"gridref":null,"fourFigure":"SE9539","map25k":"SE9539","map10k":"SE93NE","address":null,"postcode":null,"findspotdescription":null,"lat":null,"lon":null,"knownas":null,"source":"GPS","obverse_description":null,"obverse_inscription":null,"reverse_description":null,"reverse_inscription":null,"denomination":null,"degree_of_wear":null,"allen_type":null,"va_type":null,"mack":null,"reeceID":null,"die":null,"wearID":null,"moneyer":null,"revtypeID":null,"categoryID":null,"typeID":null,"tribeID":null,"status":null,"rulerQualifier":null,"denominationQualifier":null,"mintQualifier":null,"dieAxisCertainty":null,"initialMark":null,"reverseMintMark":null,"statusQualifier":null,"tribe":null,"region":null,"area":null,"ruler1":null,"ruler2":null,"period_name":null,"date_range":null,"mint_name":null,"wear":null,"die_axis_name":null,"category":null,"type":null,"emperorID":null,"mintid":null,"reverseType":null,"i":"365844","f":"Wakefield_2203_Axe.jpg","imagedir":"images\/acooper\/"}]}