Object: Sickle
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Colchester Museum,Deposited by W. C. Wells, Esq. 1911,(2362.11)
Site: England,Essex,Grays Thurrock
Parish: Grays
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 69
Width (mm): 32
Thickness (mm): 4
Weight (g): 36
Patina: A. Thin dark green and polished on this side on the other side a very thin emerald green encrustment (more like a patina) and traces of light earth. B. Dark green and polished with a very slight emerald green encrustment. The back is a little rougher through an emerald green surface encrustment with traces of light earth.
Surface: Smooth
Other: Length: 68.5mm; 86mm,Width: 31.5mm; 26mm; 31mm; 39.5mm,Thickness: 4mm; 8mm,Weight: end piece 36.31 gms; handle piece: 70 gms
Associations: One of a Bronze Founder's Hoard.
Publications: Sir. C. Fox. Arch Cambriensis, Dec. 1941, p. 140, No. 4m, and Pl II,Antiq. Journ. 1922, pp. 105-8, Fig. 3.