Piece of bronze axehead

This piece of a flat axehead was found at Auchnagarron at Rosskeen in Ross-shire. It was probably deliberately broken as a sacrifice to the gods, sometime between 2250 and 1950 BC.

Only the cutting half of the axe is preserved.

Offerings to the gods were often special material, treated in special ways or put in special places. Prestigious weapons such as axeheads, maceheads or swords are sometimes found broken, probably part of a ceremony we can only guess about.

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Online ID:	000-100-034-272-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland X.DA 85
Date:	Between 2250 and 1950 BC Early Bronze Age
Material:	Bronze; patinated
Dimensions:	3.88 L; 4.38" across cutting edge
What:	Axe, flat
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Where:	Scotland, Argyll, Auchnagarron, Roskeen
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Description:	Early Bronze Age flat axe, from Roskeen, Auchnagarron, Argyll
References:	Coles, John M. Scottish Early Bronze Age metalwork. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 101 (1968-9), 1-110, esp. pp 33, 85.
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