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Description: | Late Bronze Age cast copper alloy socketed axe fragment. Only half of the socketed end survives, the blade end is completely missing. The mouth is oval and has an extremely worn moulded rim. A 'D' shape loop projects from one side just before the mouth moulding. The surface of the metal is corroded and has a patchy dark brown patina. The breaks are old and worn. The surviving section measures 59.66 mm in length, is 26.59mm wide, 25.35 mm thick. The socket wall is 5.55 mm thick. The loop is 26.20 mm long and 5.95 mm thick. The fragment weighs 54.90 grams
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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