Object: Looped and Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Maidstone Museum,Kent Archaeological Society's Collection
Site: England,Kent,Ebbsfleet
County: Kent
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 98
Width (mm): 41
Edge (mm): 60
Thickness (mm): 22
Weight (g): 241
Patina: Nil - the axe has been treated and what patina there may have been, removed.
Surface: Patchy
Other: Length: 3 7/8" = 98.43mm,Width: 1 5/8" across mouth of socket = 41.28mm; 1 inch (25.4mm) across central portion maximum 2 3/8" = 60.33mm,Thickness: 7/8" under loop = 22.23mm,Weight: 8 1/2 oz. = 240.971 gms
Remarks: Elizabeth Pine