Object: Flanged Axe
Classification: Continental type, imported and resharpened after breaking
Period: Bronze Age
Site: England,Greater London (Essex),Havering
Parish: Havering
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 135
Width (mm): 38
Edge (mm): 32
Thickness (mm): 36
Weight (g): 369
Patina: Light green patina.
Surface: Roung and rather pock marked.
Other: Width: edge 32mm; widest part of butt: 28mm,Thickness: 36mm; thinnest part 11mm,Weight: 368.55 gms
Publications: West Ham. Museum,Presented by Mr. G. P. Hope, 1893
Remarks: Continental MBA flanged axe, of Reinecke CI = Holste B2 (Torbrugge, 40 BRGK.1959(1960), 38-40,  with blade broken off and stump sharpened to make new blade: (15th)-14th century B.C./Aug 11, 9)