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Record ID: SF-76C204
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a copper alloy miniature axe head, of possible Roman date. It is a complete axe head with integral oval-shaped shaft. The blade broadens away from the shaft and its curved terminal is upswept to a point, emphasised by grooves on either side of the blade edge. The object has a flat base. There are patches of corrosion, and minute speckles of possible gold leaf sparsely distributed on the surfaces. These may suggest that the axehead, if it had been used as a votive, had been re-used subsequently, possibly as a pendant. The axe head measures 12.17mm in length at the blade terminal, and 4.…
Created on: Thursday 17th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-E5A4C7
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper alloy miniature axe. It is probably a Roman votive object. The axe head measures 24.92mm in length and is 11.31mm in width. It weighs 5.63g. It is roughly rectangular and becomes thicker and narrower towards the shaft end. The blade end flares to become wider and and thinner, and it curves downwards. Two pairs of incised lines form 'V'shapes running from top to bottom of the axe head across the width, on one surface. The shaft end of the axe head projects beyond the shaft. The shaft is vertical, projecting just above the upper edge of the axe head where it has a flat…
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Stow cum Quy', grid reference and parish protected.
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