socketed axe
- Museum number
- 1854,0714.257
- Description
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Copper alloy socketed axe; cast. Oval mouth with flared bevelled rim. Collar onset. Body cross-section hexagonal but a bit distorted by casting seams. Cutting edge well expanded. Three haft ribs extend almost to rim.
- Dimensions
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Length: 55 millimetres (mouth)
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Length: 94 millimetres
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Weight: 454.40 grammes
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Width: 77 millimetres (cutting edge)
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Width: 48 millimetres (mouth)
- Curator's comments
- Eogan 2000
Bibliography: J. M. Kemble, Horae Ferales (1863), 149 pl. 5 fig. 28.
- Location
- On display (G1/wp195)
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1854,0714.257