Axehead

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Axehead

Description

A bronze socketed axehead with one loop. It has a mouth with an out-turned lip with the internal plan of the mouth being almost square in section causing the socket to be four-sided, converging to form the splayed cutting edge. This is slightly bevelled. Each face has three raised vertical ridges.

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