Object: Hammer-Flanged Flat Axe
Classification: Flanged
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Sotheby's Sale,19.11.24,593,Collection of W. J. Knowles MRIA of Flixton Place, Ballymena
Site: Ireland,Antrim,Glenwhirry
Discovery context: auction
Parish: Glenwhirry
County: County Antrim
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 149
Width (mm): middle 42; butt 29
Edge (mm): 82
Thickness (mm): 10; 11; 12
Patina: Polished patina dark brown over dull lighter brown and greyish brown matte patina.
Surface: Where not patinated, has very tiny pittings. Butt is golden bronze on face.
Associations: Found near a flat celt. No. 594
Description: Thin butt. Decorated on both sides but only where patina remains.