Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge,Foster Bequest, No. 43 (No. 46 is correct in Cat.),Prehistoric Bronzes No. 89 (Cat. is lost)
Site: England,Cambridgeshire,Bottisham Lode
Discovery context: fenland
Parish: Bottisham
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 118
Width (mm): 38
Edge (mm): 65
Thickness (mm): 41
Weight (g): 384
Patina: Shades of brown. Some spots of black.
Surface: Fairly even, dull.
Other: Length: 117.5mm,Width: edge 65.3mm; socket 38mm
Description: Round mouth and square socket. Base encircled by a projecting rim and above it a bead from which springs the loop