Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge,Foster Bequest, No. 41 (No. 45 is correct in catalogue),Prehistoric Bronzes No. 85 (Catalogue is lost)
Site: England,Suffolk,Lakenheath
Parish: Lakenheath
County: Suffolk
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 115
Width (mm): 46
Edge (mm): 52
Thickness (mm): 44
Weight (g): 390
Patina: Dark brown patina some metal showing through, over this in patches, is a powdering of bright green which feels like emery paper. This is the same patina that is to be found on so many of the Lakenheath objects.
Surface: Moderately even.
Other: Width: edge 52mm; socket 45.5mm
Description: Round mouth. Base encircled by a projecting rim and a bead above it from which springs the loop.