Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Sheffield Museum,J.93.497,Bateman Collection,Given to T. Bateman by C.M. Jessop
Site: England,Yorkshire,Bilton,Found in cutting a drain in Feb. 1848.
Discovery context: drain cutting
Parish: Bilton
County: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1848
Length (mm): 78
Width (mm): 41
Edge (mm): 51
Thickness (mm): 38
Weight (g): 142
Patina: Green
Surface: With thick deposits of carbonate of copper.
Associations: Found with 5 similar celts and 2 bronze swords and seven spear-heads. J.93.495-500, 464-67.
Publications: Brit. Arch. Ass. V. 249,Sheffield Museum Catalogue (1899(, p. 85,Evans, J. Anc. Bronze Implements, 113, 129, 232-3, 314, 320, 465.