Object: Flat celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum 91.5-14.61
Site: England, river thames,copy of axe in ashmolean museum
Discovery context: river
County: Greater London
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 184
Width (mm): 28
Edge (mm): 101
Thickness (mm): 18
Weight (g): 556
Patina: Black
Surface: Rough
Composition: Bronze
Other: Width: butt 28mm; blade 101mm
Description: Rounded butt. Broad blade. Edge of blade worn. Cross hatched design on both faces.
Publications: Needham 1983, (phD) RT 3, p. 301
Remarks: High Zinc established by XRF analysis.,AOK