000-100-104-706-C
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Axehead
This bronze axehead was found at Airlie in Angus. It dates from between 950 and 750 BC.
The socketed axehead has a moulding under the mouth and three ribs running below. A wooden handle would have fitted into the axehead's socket. A thong could also have attached the axehead to the socket through the loop.
The range of metal objects expanded during the 2nd millennium BC. A development in the form of axeheads from flat axeheads to ones with flanges, can be seen. In the 1st millennium BC, socketed axeheads are the most common form.
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| Online ID: |
000-100-104-706-C |
| Image Rights Holder: |
National Museums Scotland |
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0098: National Museums Scotland
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| Ref: |
National Museums Scotland X.DE 108 |
| Date: |
950 - 750 BC
Between 950 and 750 BC
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| Material: |
Bronze; loop; moulding under mouth of socket with three pendant ribs below
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| Dimensions: |
4.31" L; 1.63" x 1.69" (socket)
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| What: |
Axe, socketed
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| Where: |
Scotland, Angus, Airlie
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| Description: |
Bronze socketed axe with loop, moulding under the mouth of the socket and three pendant ribs below, from Airlie, Angus, 950 - 750 BC
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| References: |
- Coles, John M. Scottish late Bronze Age metalwork: typology, distributions and chronology. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 93 (1959-1960), pp 16-134, esp. p 66.
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