Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Lewes, East Sussex School Museum Service, - F,Source unknown
Site: Unprovenanced
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 80
Width (mm): 34
Edge (mm): 40
Surface: Matt dark brown smooth sur., scattered small pockholes; little dull green speckling
Other: Archive: PIF,PRBAF: DF(C); SI,Ext.: CI,Rec.: SN Oct. 79,Source: MV
Associations: 9. Undocumented
Description: Dimensions: L 80.3mm; EWe 40; Wm 34.3; Bm 33.6; Blp 8.8; DS 54,Typology: sl. ledge below m-m forming deep concave collar; bulbous projection at top but near flat top sur. ledge v. diffuse in parts - poss. due to sur. det.; sides of body quite flat, faces gently convex, angles quite crisp; s. tapers virt. whole way to narrowed end - poss. flat.,Manufacture: irreg. remains of crude thick cg. fl., parts quite high still; no cg. fl. end on top; no distinct bev. end at e.,Condition: chip from bl. e. - dull colour with poss. soil attached - prob. anc.; adj. tip well rounded and not broken; rest of e. blunt - with gold flecking - modern interf.,Attached Material: fawn soil traces - esp. under lp. and s. end.