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MINIATURE OBJECT
Unique ID: NLM-71332E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy miniature object. Cast model of an axe with a trapezoid blade with lightly curved cutting edge, a bulbous end or socket and an oval integrally cast and drilled suspension loop projecting from the intersection of cutting edge and socket. The latter is represented by a small blind hole, and it is difficult to imagine that a durable haft of any material could have occupied it. Probably of amuletic or votive significance. The form is less similar to that of later Bronze Age socketed axes than is sometimes the case, and the rounded end may be a peen modelled on that of a metalworking hammer rather than a socket. This could have made it apt to wear by a smith or a devotee of Vulcan. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410.
Length: 22.5mm, Width: 11.1mm, Thickness (socket): 6.2mm, Weight: 2.87gms
Class: Axe Head
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.5 mm
Width: 11.1 mm
Thickness: 6.2 mm
Weight: 2.87 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 7th April 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM42153
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Roxby cum Risby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9113
Four figure Latitude: 53.60566739
Four figure longitude: -0.62617695
1:25K map: SE9113
1:10K map: SE91SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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