Object: Flat Axe
Classification: Diminutive
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Parkinson, Mr. WLP - private (1983),14 Tamarick Square, East Acton, W12
Site: England, oxfordshire,ipsden,green hill,found by mr. w.l.p. parkinson, feb. 1983, about 5" deep in woods, using a metal-detector; site described as yewtree grow, but position on map marked at green hill
Discovery context: hillside
Parish: Ipsden
County: Oxfordshire
Country: England
Grid reference: SU647842
Year of discovery: 1983
Length (mm): 39
Edge (mm): 23
Weight (g): 9
Surface: Duller green to brown surface where patina flaked; broken lip with purple, blue, and grey corrosion.
Associations: Single Find
Description: Dimensions: EL 38.7mm; EWe 23.3mm; Bfg 3.8mm; H fg. 0.4mm; Wt. 9.3 g,Typology: lower blade with slight flanges which flatten towards middle and lead into a very diffuse curved bevel across faces; good edge bevel; sides essentially flat,Manufacture: poss. hammer indentation in sides; perforation ancient since it stains fragments of p.,Condition: most covered with a fine deep green p. which has flaked around bend in bode close to butt; also at extremities; none of edges sharp
Remarks: Archive: PIF,PRBAF: DF(S); SI,Ext: RSO 13/4/83; CI,Rec. SN May 83,Source: Sb.A.