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SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: NLM6786
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 1000 BC
Date to: 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 116.7 mm
Width: 57.6 mm
Thickness: 46.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st November 2002
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: SKIDBY
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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