Rights Holder: Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
CC License:
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
Unique ID: WILT-F3A328
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy late Bronze Age/early Iron Age socketed axehead missing all but a small fragment of the lip and side of the socket. There is a ridge running perpendicular to the lip, which is likely to be the mould line found on socketed axeheads. The lip itself is thicker than the rest of the fragement (3.50mm as opposed to 2.20mm). It has a medium green patina. The outer surface is rough while the inner surface is very smooth.Overall the fragment measures 17.00mm long, 21.35mm wide, 5.50mm thick and weighs 4.23g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 1300 BC
Date to: Circa 700 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 17 mm
Width: 21.35 mm
Thickness: 5.5 mm
Weight: 4.23 g
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference: SSWM 4179
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
4 Figure: SU0919
Four figure Latitude: 50.97034799
Four figure longitude: -1.87319787
1:25K map: SU0919
1:10K map: SU01NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
No references cited so far.