Object: Hammer-Flanged Flat Axe
Classification: Flanged
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Manchester Museum, L48,Bought of G. C. Yates
Site: Ireland
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 124.5
Width (mm): middle 31.5; butt 26
Edge (mm): 57
Thickness (mm): 11 3/4; 10.5; 12
Weight (g): 304.76
Patina: Dark brown patina almost black
Surface: Smooth, slightly pitted.
Description: Butt is much burred and so are the ends of the edge, where edge joins sides.