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Description: | Fragment of socket from plain bronze socketed axe with single loop, found within the socket of SF5748. Standard double mouth moulding, though lower moulding very slight. Casting flash on seam above loop still in situ, though apparently cleaned below loop. Remaining casting spur from (paired) sprue quite prominent at top of socket. Series of small casting voids on interior and in broken section. Patinated dark brown/green with extensive paler green corrosion products. Surviving length 55 mm, weight 43.1g.
Soil from the socket cavity bagged and retained separately. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | -1000
-700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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