socketed axe
- Museum number
- 1875,0401.24
- Description
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Copper alloy socketed axe; cast. Mouth is circular and damaged, rim projects and curves back into the body. It has been damaged. Sides are long and straight, cutting edge expanded and cross-section octagonal. Loop is very thin and worn. Those in the centre are straight, those at the sides converge towards th centre one so all three meet at the top. Three short haft ribs occur on each face.
- Dimensions
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Length: 42 millimetres (mouth)
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Length: 117 millimetres
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Weight: 375.80 grammes
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Width: 66 millimetres (cutting edge)
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Width: 40 millimetres (mouth)
- Curator's comments
- In Eogan 2000 registration number mistakenly given as 1875,0401.23.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1875,0401.24
