BRONZE AGE MINIATURE OBJECT

-1000

An incomplete cast copper alooy miniature object, probably a socketed axe head dating from the late Bronze Age (c. 1000-800 BC). The object consists of part of the open socket and one loop and part of the body of the probable axe. There is a casting seam visible that runs through and beyond the centre of the looped handle. The head-end of the object is flaring slightly, which is why it is assumed that this object represents a miniature axehead rather and any other type of tool. The patina and condition of this object suggests a Bronze Age date and although miniature objects were being made into the Roman period, full-sized axe heads of this type are known from the later Bronze Age.