Object: Hammer-Flanged Celt
Classification: Flanged Miniature
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Hull Museum,Mortimer Collection
Site: England, yorkshire,swinton
Parish: Swinton
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 89
Width (mm): 23
Edge (mm): 52
Thickness (mm): 10
Weight (g): 148
Patina: Brown
Composition: Bronze
Other: Width: edge 52mm; middle 23mm; butt 18mm,Thickness: 10mm; 7mm; 14mm; 9mm
Description: Well marked peak in centre. The flange tends to extend below the peak. The butt is upset by hammering. The ornament on some of the flat celts in this collection could have been made with this tool.