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SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: HAMP-43C475
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy fragment from the mouth of a socketed Late Bronze Age axehead. The fragment is an irregular sub-triangular form. Based on the fragmentary survival the mouth would appear to be rectangular with rounded corners. The outer surface features a prominent transverse moulding (max. Th.: 5.4mm). Also visible on this surface is an obvious longitudinal ridge/seam. The metal has now corroded to a mid-dark green colour.
Class: socketed
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1150 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.8 mm
Width: 31.65 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 19.99 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E2399
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
To be known as: Kimpton CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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