ROMAN MINIATURE OBJECT
The Portable Antiquities Scheme

ROMAN MINIATURE OBJECT

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CC0 — Public Domain
The Portable Antiquities Scheme

A small votive lead axe of possible 2nd to 4th century AD date (I.M.Stead and V.Rigby, 1986, p.136). The object is trapezoidal in plan and increases in thickness from the "cutting edge" to the "attachment end" where there is a vertical shaft hole. The surfaces of the object are corroded. It measures 16.4mm long by 11mm wide and 6.1mm thick. It weighs 4.69g.

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