Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Sheffield Museum,J.93-499,Bateman Collection,Given to T. Bateman and C.M. Jessop
Site: England,Yorkshire,Bilton,Found in cutting a drain in Feb. 1848.
Discovery context: drain cutting
Parish: Bilton
County: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1848
Length (mm): 95
Width (mm): 30
Edge (mm): 36
Thickness (mm): 27
Weight (g): 79
Associations: Found with 5 similar celts, 2 bronze swords, and seven spearheads. J.93.495-500, 464-67.
Description: One side corroded through.
Publications: Brit. Arch. Ass. V. 249,Sheffield Museum Catalogue (1899(, p. 85,Evans, J. Anc. Bronze Implements, 113, 129, 232-3, 314, 320, 465.
Remarks: This celt is unusually light for its size.