Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Cambridge,No. 139, Murray Collection
Site: Ireland,Kings Co.,Edenderry
Parish: Edenderry
County: County Offaly
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 97
Width (mm): socket 33.5
Edge (mm): 63
Thickness (mm): socket 30.5
Weight (g): 184
Patina: Mostly black patina some pale brown about the loop & some bright green about one face.
Surface: Smooth & shiny except for a few small shallow pits.
Description: Round socket hexagonal neck which bears a plain band from rim to spring of loop into which the hexagonal faceting extends. The cutting edge has been reground. This is a very good & true & even casting.