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SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: YORYM532
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Undecorated late Bronze Age socketed axehead. Quite pronounced casting seam along the bottom edge. The surface is slightly mottled dark/tan brown, and some 'brassy' colour showing through. It appears to have been treated with resin/unknown chemical. Some spots of active copper corrosion inside. It appears 'cracked', which may be a flaw in moulding, but it is difficult to ascertain if was cracked in antiquity due to the recent surface treatment.
Notes:
It is similar to an axehead from Unthank Rd Hoard, Norwich, Norwich Castle Museum.
Class: socketed
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 1000 BC
Date to: 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 82.51 mm
Width: 33.51 mm
Thickness: 5.37 mm
Weight: 139.2 g
Diameter: 36.91 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 25th February 1999
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YORYM:E01707
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: City of Kingston upon Hull (Unitary Authority)
District: City of Kingston upon Hull (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: HUMBERSIDE KINGSTON UPON HULL
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwich Castle Museum and Langmaid, N. | 1977 | Bronze Age Metalwork in Norwich Castle Museum | Norwich |
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