Axes
This category includes objects with an edge, the head mounted parallel to the handle.
This category includes objects with an edge, the head mounted parallel to the handle. It can be used to shape, split, or cut wood.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 7928 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Axe head. Copper. Slinder type. [drawing] not to scale. [type] XIV |
| 7931 | (none) | (none) | B17411 | Axe Head. Copper. | |
| 7987 | (none) | 1928,1009.211 | (none) | Copper axe. [drawing] normal type. | |
| 8022 | (none) | (none) | B17416 | Copper axe. Normal type thus: [drawing] The socket split and broken. [Type] XIX | |
| 8034 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axe. Type XI [drawing] Blade of the usual type, but instead of a solid socket the metal is simply bent round the haft and welded, the sides brought over the two edges of the blade & hammered in. When found, there were remains of coarse matting on either side of the blade : it might have been merely wrapped in matting, but it also might have had a matting sheath. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8036 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axe Similar to U.8034 but without the thinning of the blade near the ring socket. Type X [drawing] Broken across but complete |
| 8065 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axe. Normal type except that the rib down the back of the socket is unusually pronounced. [drawing] Type A1.b |
| 8088 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axe. Normal type. [drawing] [type] XIX. |
| 8107 | (none) | 1928,1009.210 | (none) | Axe. Copper. Heavy type. [drawing] | |
| 8109 | (none) | 1928,1009.209 | (none) | Axe. Copper. Heavy type. Remains of wood inside socket. [drawing] [type] XIX. | |
| 8115 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Axe head. Copper. Heavy type. Raised band round top of shaft. [drawing] not to scale. [type XIX] |
| 8136 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Axe. Copper. Heavy type. [drawing] not to scale. [type] XIX. |
| 8148 | (none) | 1928,1010.372 | (none) | Axe. Copper. Heavy type. | |
| 8155 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axe. The socket made by bending over the end of the blade. Part of the blade missing. [drawing] [type] XV |
| 8179 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axe. Normal type but with unusually thickened back rib. [drawing] |
| 8231 | (none) | (none) | B17362 | Copper axe. [drawing] | |
| 8263 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Axe. Copper. [drawing] 1:2 approx. |
| 8284 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Axe. Copper. [drawing] [Type] XIX |
| 8299 | (none) | (none) | B17393 | Axe. Copper. Common type. [Type] XIX |
| 8314 | (none) | (none) | B17414 | Copper axe. Normal type but rather more solid in the blade than usual. [drawing] [Type] XIX. | |
| 8357 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axe. Broken and in poor condition. [drawing] [Type] XV |
| 8381 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axe. The socket made by bending the end of the blade over the haft. [drawing] [Type] X. |
| 8415 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Axe Copper Flat blade, end turned over to form a loop. Against the turned over end a rivet on either side of the blade to hold the wooden haft. [drawing] |
| 8428 | (none) | (none) | B17080 | Axe head Silver [drawing] Type A3. | |
| 8433 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Axe head Copper Back of shaft pinched to form a strengthening ridge [drawing] not to scale [type] XX |
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