Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, W.G. 2145.,Given by J. Pierpoint Morgans, Esq. 1909.,Greenwell Collection.
Site: England,HUMBERSIDE (Yorkes),Sproatley,1852
Parish: Sproatley
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Country: England
Grid reference: TA 19 34
Year of discovery: 1852
Length (mm): 88
Edge (mm): 47
Thickness (mm): 39
Weight (g): 204
Patina: Metallic dark green
Other: 3 cross section drawings of socketed axe on reverse, listed as inaccurate.
Associations: Hoard of 9 socketed axes.
Description: cracked across one face; loop waisted form through flaws in casting.
Remarks: Inacc,CI