Object: Socketed celt mould
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge,Presented by Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 1905,Annual Records, 1905.6
Site: England,Cambridgeshire,Cambridge,New Street,1905
Parish: Cambridge
County: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1905
Length (mm): 139
Width (mm): 34
Thickness (mm): 56.5
Weight (g): 560
Patina: Dark brown, light brown and bright green. The lead (inside the mould) has a buff patina.
Surface: Corroded and uneven.
Description: Dimensions: Length: A 140mm; B 139mm; Width: A 55mm, 57mm; B 34mm, 54mm, 56.5mm; Thickness: 56.5mm; Weight: A 560 gms; B 535 gms, Total 1095 gms,Mould for casting socketed celt, containing some broken portions of what appears to be a lead casting. The mould is ornamented with 3 vertical ridges on either out side. The cast celt would also be ornamented with 3 vertical ridges and one moulding below the rim.