Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Oakham Museum, 1972.31(13)
Site: England,Leicestershire,Ketton,1972
Parish: Ketton
County: Leicestershire
Country: England
Grid reference: SK 9845 0550
Year of discovery: 1972
Length (mm): 96
Width (mm): 37
Edge (mm): 41
Patina: Black-green patina; mostly covered by dry granular light green surfaces.
Surface: Edge mainly intact, quite sharp. Light orange-brown soil adhering.
Associations: Hoard
Description: width mouth 37mm; width edge 40.5mm; width loop 10mm; breadth mouth 37mm; depth socket 74mm,Large bulbous upper moulding, slighter second; plain faces; number of minor pittings in one face - casting flaws; base of casting flash upstanding on sides and part of mouth - lipped over; stumps of two jets; blade prob. expanded a little, but no significant blade tip hollows; narrow rectangular socket-end.
Publications: McWhirr, 1971-2, 75
Remarks: SN April 78,PI; AFI; CI; SI