Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, 1903.6.23,5,Purchased from Messrs. Rollin and Fernardent,6 Bloomsbury Street, W.C.,1903
Site: England,Greater London,Tower Hamlets,Bromley-by-Bow,Found at depth of 4'6", between Devon's Road and Brickfield Road,1901
Discovery context: building work 
Parish: Bromley By Bow
County: Greater London
Country: England
Grid reference: TQ 35 82
Year of discovery: 1901
Length (mm): 88
Width (mm): 36
Thickness (mm): 38
Weight (g): 150
Patina: Green and brown
Associations: Hoard of 9 socketed axes, 12 fragments, 1 rectangular implement; 1 spearhead; 1 base of sword blade; 1 socket of knife & 18 copper cakes
Description: wedge-shaped with moulded socket
Publications: Proc. Soc. Antiq., ser. ii, XIX, 14
Remarks: Inacc.,CI