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Record ID: WMID-B6FD25
Object type: AXE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, hand made, iron axe head, of possible Roman dating (AD 43 to AD 410).
It has a curved and flaring blade that has a triangular longitudinal section. The axe expands to the pole / shaft end, which curves downwards, is flat and rectangular in form. The eye through which the axe would have originally have been hafted is oval with an integral projecting lug at the blade end on the upper surface. Part of the cutting blade is missing, presumed lost in antiquity.
It measures 193 mm in length, 45.1 mm wide at the pole / shaft end, 37.3 mm tall at the pole / shaft end, 66.7 m…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2013
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