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SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: YORYM-583B27
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A fragment of a copper alloy Late Bronze Age socketed axehead, dating to the period c. 1150-800 BC. Only the tip of the axehead survives. The blade edge is mostly intact and has a convex curve. The fragment has a broadly rectangular cross-section at the break and the socket is revealed inside the break. One edge is bent inwards due to post depositional damage, and the edges are uneven and jagged. The fragment is corroded and pitted, with a green-brown patina.
The axehead measures 24.25mm from the break to the cutting edge, 36.29mm wide (length of cutting edge), and 10.19mm thick at the break. It weighs 29.05g. The internal measurements of the socket are 28.02mm by 5.67mm.
Cf. DENO-DE3DDD on the database
Class: socketed
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1150 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.25 mm
Width: 36.29 mm
Weight: 29.05 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05656
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)
Parish or ward: Bainton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9853
Four figure Latitude: 53.96380474
Four figure longitude: -0.50772379
1:25K map: SE9853
1:10K map: SE95SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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