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Axehead

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from Timpendean Farm, near Jedburgh, Roxburghshire

Postcard of Axehead.
000-100-104-075-C
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Axehead

This bronze axehead was found at Timpendean Farm near Jedburgh in Roxburghshire. It dates from around 1400 to 1150 BC.

The axehead has a relatively narrow blade and short cast flanges. Axeheads of this form are widely found in Scotland.

A large number of bronze axeheads dating to the Bronze Age have been found. Some were clearly everyday objects, used to chop trees and other woodwork. Other were prestige objects, and must have been symbols of power.


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Online ID: 000-100-104-075-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.DC 131
Date: 1400 - 1150 BC
Between 1400 and 1150 BC
Material: Bronze, narrow; no stop ridges
Dimensions: 5.8 L x 1.8 W at cutting edge x 2.4 L of flanges x 0.8" B of but
What: Axe, flanged
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Where: Scotland, Roxburghshire, Jedburgh, Timpendean Farm
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Description: Bronze flanged axe from Timpendean Farm, Jedburgh, 1400 - 1150 BC
References:
  • Coles, J.M. Scottish Middle Bronze Age Metalwork. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquities of Scotland, 97 (1963-64), pp 82-156, esp. 89-90, 138. 
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