Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: London, Society of Antiquaries Collection, B.56
Site: Unprovenanced,Alt. Site: Cornwall, St. Ives, Lelant, c. SW 53 37,Possibly one of two from the Lelant hoard which should be in the Antiquaries Collection (see AFI & DF)
Hoard: yes
Parish: Lelant
County: Cornwall
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 118
Width (mm): 47
Edge (mm): 45
Surface: Small fragmentts of olive green patina, mostly flaked/rubbed off to varied dull greens and browns, also gold traces, few pock seams; v. little pale green corr. sur.
Description: Dimensions: EL 118.3mm; EWe 44.5; Wm; 47.3; Bm 46.4; DS 100,Typology: 3 near par. ribs - hints that they terminated in pellet.; nearly sq. body section - poss. quite crisp angles orig.; socket sub-sq. and ending in slit.,Manufacture: hints of cg. fl. in sur. only; remains of stump projecting from inner edges of mouth top - deeper broken sur. on face stretches prob. from jets,Condition: Totally blunt e. - modern interference - poss. also corr.; loop breaks gold-flecked but also prob. green corrn. traces - anc. or recent? v. large hole remaining most of rev. face - breaks coppery brown - prob. post-deposition, recent? Cracks in other face prob. anc.,Attached Material: brown and light brown soil traces
Remarks: Labels/Markings: white ink inscr. 'B.56'; small rect. s/o label - printed '9' (or 6?),PIF; DF(C); SI; CI,Rec.: SN Feb 79,Source: MV,Old Card: 1