Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Smith Institute, Stirling,Cat. No. AK4
Site: Scotland,Ayrshire (Strathclyde)
County: Ayrshire
Country: Scotland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 80
Width (mm): 45
Thickness (mm): 34
Weight (g): 177
Patina: Dark brown and bronze green.
Surface: Rough and covered with 'pimples' except near cutting edge.
Composition: Bronze
Other: Weight: 6 oz. = 177.44 gms
Associations: Purchased 1898 from W. Christie, Stirling, who purchased this and other bronzes from an old man who had collected them in Ayrshire.
Description: Socketed axe with 'pimply' surface. Signs of grinding near cutting edge, which is fairly sharp.