Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford,1887 No. 2943,Passed on by exchange, Dec. 1925 to The Municipal Museum, Hull
Site: England,Yorkshire (East Riding),Everthorpe,Everthorpe Hill, between North & South Cave.,1887
Discovery context: hillside
Parish: Everthorpe
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1887
Length (mm): 99
Edge (mm): 48
Thickness (mm): 42
Weight (g): 241
Other: Width: edge 47.5mm,Weight: 241.30 gms
Associations: Found in 1887 with Socketed Gouge (1887 No. 2944) and lump of copper or bronze (1887 No. 2945). The lump of copper or bronze (1887 No. 2945) seems to be part of a cake; 2 sides fairly smooth, all others rough & fall of air holes. Weight 1287.78 g.
Description: Four narrow ribs on two wide face; edges of junction of mould still adhering especially larger piece above handle. Cutting edge damage; blue green patina.