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SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: YORYM-46B99F
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date. The fragment is the blade end including the base of the socketed area. It is a tapering rectangle in section and trapezoidal in plan with a worn flared cutting edge and rounded corners. The breaks at the socketed end are old and worn and casting flashes are present along either side. The surface of the axehead is undecorated.
The metal has a mid-reddish-brown patina and is worn. The fragment is 61.5mm long, 42.9mm to 32.1mm wide, 16.2mm to 4.7mm thick and weighs 96g.
Due to the incomplete nature of the axehead it is not possible to ascribe it to a particular type series and it has therefore been dated broadly as late Bronze Age in date circa 1000 - 800 BC.
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: Circa 10000 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 61.9 mm
Width: 42.9 mm
Thickness: 16.2 mm
Weight: 96 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E04567
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
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)
Parish or ward: Harpham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0860
Four figure Latitude: 54.02470345
Four figure longitude: -0.35288456
1:25K map: TA0860
1:10K map: TA06SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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