Object: Socketed Sickle
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,Dr. Henry Bergh, 18, Thames Side, Staines, Middlesex.
Site: England,Surrey (Berkshire),Runnymede,Thames,1/4 ile upstream from Bell Weir Lock,July 1961,Found on Thames bank in the gravel rim about 2" of water within 3" of the dredger passing site.
Discovery context: river
Parish: Runnymede
County: Surrey
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1961
Length (mm): 140
Width (mm): 30
Thickness (mm): 4
Patina: Dark brown patina with few green spots. Metal showing through at the edges and on top of ribs.
Surface: Slightly pitted.
Composition: Bronze
Description: End of socket broken off. Remains of one rivet hole with a rivet inside. Remains of wooden haft adhering to the inside of the socket. Blade decorated with three ribs running on both sides. Tip of blade broken off. Cutting edge almost as sharp as the back edge. Both edges rather worn.
Remarks: EMS (63)