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Unique ID: LANCUM-50D591
Object type certainty: Certain
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Early Bronze Age flat axe probably dating from c. 2150-1700BC. Only the lower half of the axe/blade survives, the butt end is missing. The axe is narrow with tapering sides and there are no signs of a stop ridge. It has a flared cutting edge with concave shoulders. The axe is extremely worn and the original surface has now corroded away. There is a small possibilty that it was decorated, but judging from the slightly tapering sides it is probably an earlier flat axe (that is from c. 2150-1700BC) rather than a later one from the Migdale metalworking tradition. It shares similarities with axes of the Brithdir and Willerby metalwork traditions (Rohl and Needham 1990, 102).
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2150 BC
Date to: Circa 1700 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 81 mm
Width: 69 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 271 g
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 16th March 2017
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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