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Early Iron Age bronze socketed axe
Small mouth, face and non-loop side fragment. Long mouth and prominent rounded mouth moulding with no second lower moulding present. Face edge and mouth corners are curved, the mouth having a sub-rectangular plan. Probable face rib visible and extending from beneath the mouth moulding, indicating a deep mouth from front to back. A slight change in angle on the inner break edge, suggests the original front back depth of the mouth was perhaps only 5-10 millimetres greater than the surviving width of 30.4mm.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2005.4H/1.40
Find Information
Site Name: Llanmaes, Llantwit Major
Collection Method: metal detector
Date: 2003
Measurements
length / mm:29.2
width / mm:16.3
thickness / mm:30.4
weight / g:20.9 (before cleaning)
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