Object: Flat celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum,73.6-2.3
Site: England, county durham,durham
Parish: Durham
County: County Durham
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 145
Width (mm): 42
Edge (mm): 80
Thickness (mm): 15
Weight (g): 725
Patina: Green
Surface: Somewhat pitted, edges broken.
Composition: Copper 98.67; Tin 0.05; Lead 0.07; Iron 0.14; Arsenic 0.77; Silver 0.12; with Nickel - trace; Sulphur - trace; Analysed by Prof. gowland at R. Coll. of Science
Other: Width: Butt 42mm; Blade 80mm
Description: Much injured at edges.
Publications: V.C.H.,Journ. R.A.I. 36 (1906) f. 23.,Geog. journ (1913) Vol XL, 184, et seq.
Remarks: Purchased from Mrs. Ruth Faulkner. Found in sinking well, Durham. Col. Richard Hastings, Esq. Purchased at the sale of Bradbury Col: Manchester 1864.