Object: Socketed Hammer
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Colchester Museum,Deposited by W. C. Wells, Esq. 1911,2362.11
Site: England,Essex,Grays Thurrock
Parish: Grays
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 66
Width (mm): 31
Thickness (mm): 27
Weight (g): 174
Patina: Partly covered with a polished patina which has a greyish black lead appearance like a glaze. This is rather thin and the bronze shows in places. The remainder has a very slight emerald green rough surface.
Surface: Smooth - generally. Sand in socket.
Other: Length: 65.5mm,Width: 30.5mm hammer face; 28 socket; 25 1/4mm below socket,Thickness: socket 26.5mm; hammer face29.5mm,Weight: 173.64 gms
Associations: One of a bronze founders' hoard.
Description: Cast marks are prominent.