Record ID: DUR-2F8728
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hartlepool
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy miniature axe of early Bronze Age date (2200 BC- 1950BC). The object is sub-rectangular in plan with tapering sides which expand slightly to the cutting edge. The blade has a rounded convex edge. There is an old break along the butt edge.The object is heavily pitted with the brownish-green patina of copper-alloy - suggesting a date after the very earliest dates when axes were made of copper rather than bronze. It measures 34.54mm in length and is 23.19mm wide at the blade and 21.4mm at the break; it is 7.14mm thick and weighs 28.3g. The miniature axe head was poss…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd March 2023
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Record ID: DUR-4C0E6E
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hartlepool
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper alloy knife blade, possibly of the Bronze Age c.1500-700 BC A single-edged knife, in abraded condition, made from copper alloy. In plan, the cutting edge and back of the knife are broadly horizontal but rise and join at the tip. At the opposite end, the blade narrows and has been attached by a rivet to a sub-rectangular piece of copper-alloy, now with an old break. The blade has been folded on itself so that the handle attachment is now touching the blade. The blade measures 109.33mm in length, 42.63mm at its widest and 3.31mm thick; the handle attachment measures 23…
Created on: Wednesday 4th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2018
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