Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology + Ethnology, Cambridge,51,Foster Bequest No. 40 (No. 43 is correct in Cat.),Prehistoric Bronzes No. 84 (Cat. is lost)
Site: England,Yorkshire,Holdernesse,Sproatley
Parish: Holdernesse
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 86
Width (mm): 36
Edge (mm): 45
Thickness (mm): 37
Weight (g): 201
Patina: Shades of dark + bright green to dust colour.
Surface: Smooth + shiny.
Description: Mouth round, socket square, base encircled by a projecting rim and a bead 1 cm above it from which springs the loop. Cutting edge chipped.