Description (Catalog Card): [.1-.2] Copper Axe (broken but complete) Type XVII but unusually long & narrow.     
Find Context (Catalog Card): PG 1203     
Material (Catalog Card): Copper2     Socket
Measurement (Catalog Card): greatest width 004 l. 0282     
U Number: 11988.21     
Object Type: Tools and Equipment >> Axes, Choppers, Scrapers >> Axes 2     
Museum: British Museum      
Description (Modern): Haft end of a small copper alloy axe head, socket formed by bending and hammering the ends down.2     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Copper Alloy 2     
Museum Number (BM Registration Number): 1929,1017.5572     
Notes: Matched with 30-12-297 as well, and subdivided [.1-.2]. The blade is in the Penn Museum (30-12-297) the haft is in the British Museum (1929,1017.557). If you add the measurements together, they are very close to Woolley's measurements. 2     
[1] Subdivided because in both the Penn and British Museums.
[2] Data collected by British Museum research team.

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