Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: London, Society of Antiquaries Collection, B.62
Site: Unprovenanced,The card index attributes this no. to Ireland with a reference (P.S.A. 2 II, 2-5) that in fact describes object marked B.61 in the collection.
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 54.7
Edge (mm): 58.8
Surface: Dark brown, gold speckled p.
Description: Dimensions: EL 54.7mm; We 58.8; Max E. B. body 13.5; EDs 14.5,Typology: socket end almost a stub,Manufacture: hmks on bl. faces, + diffuse bev.; v. small pmks - anc.,Condition: e. quite sharp but a little irreg. - minot chipping; main break anc.; striatures across e. bev. - poss. anc. gmks - not [bittery] gold, but is change in p. colour,Attached Material: pale fawn soil in socket
Publications: a) S.o.A.L Card index
Remarks: Labels/Markings: white ink inscr. "B.62",PIF, DF (C), Rec: SN Feb 79; Source MV; Old Card: 1