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AN1836 p.122.3

Object types: socketed axe

Description: socketed and looped axe

Materials: copper alloy

Dimensions: 12.5 cm x 7.4 cm [height x width]

Date: Late Bronze Age (Britain) (c. 1150 - 800 cal.BC)

Period: Late Bronze Age (Britain) (c. 1150 - 800 cal.BC)

Associated Places: Cornwall, England (find spot)

Associated Persons: William Borlase (excavator)

Acquisition: Presented by the Rev. W. Borlase, 1770.

Current Location: on display in Gallery 8 (Ark to Ashmolean) ,Lower ground floor

Reference: 

Rev. W. Borlase, Antiquities of Cornwall, pp. 281