Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Hull Museum
Site: England,Yorkshire E. R.,Eske (near Beverley),Found 1919
Parish: Eske
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1919
Length (mm): 93
Width (mm): 42
Edge (mm): 53
Weight (g): 234
Patina: Olive green patina, rubbed off in places showing yellow metal.
Surface: Corroded below fractures.
Other: Weight: 8 1/4 oz. = 233.88 gms
Description: Both faces broken near socket. 3 parallel raised bands on each face; loop. Corner of one face and side cut by knife after discovery.