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• Object type: axe
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Image	Object Type	Find number	Broadperiod	County	Actions
	Axe	SF-1D7E43	Roman	Suffolk	xml | csv json
A complete, but encrusted and corroded, iron axe head of possible Roman date. It has a curved and flaring blade that has a triangular longitudinal section. The axe expands to the poll end, which curves downwards, is flat and rectangular in form. The eye through which the axe would have originally...
	Axe	SUR-E5C486	Roman	Oxfordshire	xml | csv json
A copper alloy votive miniature axe of Roman date. The axe is simple, flat and plain.
	Axe	NCL-BBF645	Roman	Lincolnshire	xml | csv json
A very small broken axe head of early Bronze Age form, with a flared blade edge. The axe is probably votive and most likely Roman in date. The bottom of the head has been broken. The metal is a deep brown colour. Similar examples can be found on this database, see YORM - F02231 for example.
	Axe	SWYOR-25D974	Roman	North Yorkshire	xml | csv json
An iron, socketed axe or adze of possible Roman date. The tool has a convex blade with concave sides flaring to a circular socket which is longitudinal with the blade, not at right angles to it as is more common in iron tools. The socket has thick walls. The end is missing, and the tube is not co...
	Axe	SUR-8FC4E1	Roman	Hampshire	xml | csv json
A small pendant in the form of a miniature axe. The projecting side loop is broken.
	Axe	SUR-65D3C2	Roman	Hampshire	xml | csv json
A pendant in the form of a miniature axe. The axe has a side loop and socket whose depth is 8.55mm. On one side is a circular hole which may be a casting flaw.
	Axe	BERK-30CF41	Roman	Oxfordshire	xml | csv json
A miniature, possibly votive, copper alloy axe-shaped pendant. The pendant has an integral loop that has iron corrosion adhering to the peak, suggesting it has been in contact with iron. A rib around the neck of the loop separates the loop from the rest of the object - the loop is at opposing ang...
	Axe	DENO-7C2322	Roman	Nottinghamshire	xml | csv json
Roman votive axe; cast lead axehead of probable Roman date. The axe is of the perforated type which, at full size, would have had a haft fixed through the middle of it. This miniature copy in lead has an iron-rich substance in the perforation. The lead has a thick, even, white patina over its sur...
	Axe	SUR-2CAF73	Roman	Hampshire	xml | csv json
A copper alloy pendant in the form of a miniature axe. The axe curves slightly in side view and tapers without interruption from the rim of the socket to the blade. On one side of the axe is a pierced rounded lug for suspension.
	Axe	NMS-373234	Roman	Norfolk	xml | csv json
A miniature flat axe with a narrow butt and crescentic blade. The carefully made longitudinal profile thins towards both ends. An Early Bronze Age type probably copied in miniature in the Roman period. Length 45mm. Width at cutting edge 17mm. Width at butt 2mm. Thickness 3.5mm. Weight 5.91g. Cf. ...
	Axe	YORYM-F02231	Roman	North Yorkshire	xml | csv json
A very small miniature axe head of an early Bronze Age form, with a narrow butt and flared blade edge. The axe is probably votive and most likely Roman in date. The metal is mottled light greyish-green and highly oxidised.
	Axe	SUR-6194D4	Roman	Wiltshire	xml | csv json
The blade from a miniature socketed axe.
	Axe	BH-5057C5	Roman	Greater London	xml | csv json
An socketed iron axe head of possible Roman date. The object has a roughly triangular cutting blade, measuring up to 79.3mm wide and 8.9mm thick. It narrows to 32.9mm high, at the point where it joins to the socket. The socket has a flattened end and a vertical oval attachment hole, which measure...
	Axe	LEIC-673084	Roman	Leicestershire	xml | csv json
Iron axe head, 245mm long, 96mm wide, 59mm thick and weighing 1.5kg. The axe has a triangular shaft fixing? from which emerges a flared triangular blade. There is a parallell for this form in Manning ?? which is a roman carpenters axe and therefore quite a rare find.
	Axe	NMGW391	Roman	Vale Of Glamorgan	xml | csv json
Fragment of axe blade with a straight front face while the rear face, although straight at first, sweeps back to from a wide cutting edge. The axe blade has a triangular longitudinal section. Part of the cutting edge, most of the socket and the poll are missing and the remaining portion of the ax...