Object: Socketed sickle
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology, Cambridge,Presented by Rev. E. W. Cory, 1862
Site: England,Cambridgeshire,Stretham Fen
Discovery context: fenland
Parish: Stretham
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 135
Width (mm): 44
Edge (mm): 23
Thickness (mm): 24
Weight (g): 92
Patina: Green patina of several shades.
Surface: Slightly rough. 2 deep corroded pits on one side of blade.
Other: Width: blade 23mm; socket 43.5mm x 24mm (thickest end)
Description: Sharp on both sides. Four holes in socket for two pins. Slight indication of 3 ribs down the blade. Slightly conical shaped socket.
Publications: Mentioned by Evans, p. 199,Prehistoric Bronzes, 115, No catalogue.,Bronzes 28. Numbers can be found in a catalogue called "Museum of Archaeology".,Cambridge Antiquarian Society Catalogue 171, 1884