Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology, Cambridge,Webb Collection 1856,(from Mr. Green's collection, Litchfield)
Site: Site unknown
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 105
Width (mm): 41
Edge (mm): 45
Thickness (mm): 43
Weight (g): 316
Patina: Dull green patina and darker green. Some spots of whitish pink about the loop. Same colour inside.
Surface: Smooth + shiny.
Other: Thickness: socket 42.5mm
Description: Three vertical ribs running from beading under rim of mouth. A small piece has been removed from one side for analysis.
Publications: Prehistoric Bronzes 93, no catalogue,Bronzes 48. Number to be found in catalogue called "Museum of Archaeology",Cambridge Antiquarian Society Catalogue 144, May 1884