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SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: YORYM662
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Very long example. Rampant bronze disease. Abraded surface.
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: 126.2 mm
Width: 42.3 mm
Thickness: 6.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 18th September 1999
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YORYM:E01934
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: HUMBERSIDE CROWLE
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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