Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Oakham Museum, 1972.31(5)
Site: England,Leicestershire,Ketton,1972
Parish: Ketton
County: Leicestershire
Country: England
Grid reference: SK 9845 0550
Year of discovery: 1972
Length (mm): 106
Width (mm): 39
Edge (mm): 46
Patina: Black-green patina; much obscured by paler green dry and textured surfaces.
Surface: Edge intact and sharp - possibly enhanced by modern interference; one tip slightly dented recently. Light orangey-brown soil adhering.
Associations: Hoard
Description: Width edge 45.5mm; width mouth 38.5; width loop 10.5; breadth mouth 41.5; depth socket 73mm,Spaced double moulding - upper one with flattened bulbous surface; three fairly fine vert. ribs - skewed and asymmetrical on reverse; corner angles sometimes emphasised to slight rib, and lower on blade formed into narrow facets; remains of casting flash hammer flattened; socket end v. narrow; no evidence for hammer marks on blade or blade tip hollows; grinding marks along edge - ancient? thinning of blade below ribs - original?
Publications: McWhirr, 1971-2, 75
Remarks: SN April 78,PI; AFI; CI; SI