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AXEHEAD
Unique ID: SF-69C9A3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy axe of Bronze Age date. Only a fragment from the blade end survives, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The fragment is triangular in section and preserves most of the crescentic cutting edge, which has a worn and pitted dark brown patina. The precise form of the original axe is uncertain due to the preservation of the object. It measures 38.97mm in width, 9.89mm in length, 5.23mm in thickness and 5.37g in weight.
This is an incomplete blade from an axe of Bronze Age date. The precise form of the axe, whether socketed or otherwise, is uncertain due to the preservation of the fragment, and it could date to any period of the Bronze Age, c.2550-800 BC.
Class: Fragment
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2550 BC
Date to: Circa 801 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 9.89 mm
Width: 38.97 mm
Thickness: 5.23 mm
Weight: 5.37 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Buxhall
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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