Object: Miniature Hammer-Flanged Flat Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Sotheby's Sale, 19. 11. 24, 629.,Collection of W.J. Knowles, MRIA, of Flixton Place, Ballymena.
Site: Ireland, Killyless, May 93
Discovery context: auction
County: County Antrim
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: 1893
Length (mm): 72
Width (mm): middle 16.5; butt 15
Edge (mm): 26
Thickness (mm): 9; 4 1/4; 9.5; 7
Patina: almost black, golden bronze shows at edge.
Surface: smooth
Description: Edge & butt are sharp. The septum slopes from the sharp butt to thickness of 7mm