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MINIATURE OBJECT

Unique ID: SF9120

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Miniature axe made from copper alloy. The blade is almost rectangular, tapering very slightly towards the blade end which is decorated on one face with three transverse grooves. The grooves are visible when the axe is held with the blade to the left and the shaft to the right. The shaft is circular in cross-section; where the original surface survives it is 3 mm in diameter. The shaft is set very slightly in from the butt of the axehead, but as many of the edges are fragmentary it is hard to tell exactly where the original edge of the butt was. The undecorated face has a slight groove separating the butt from the rest of the axehead. Although the axe has suffered much corrosion in the past, it now seems stable. The shaft appears broken; its surviving length is 29 mm. Surviving length of axehead, 22.5 mm.

Class: axe

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 29 mm
Width: 22.5 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 4.6 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st March 2002

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Uncertain

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Tendring (District)
To be known as: ELMSTEAD

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Created: 21 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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