Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,Professor Sir Lucas While-King CSI. LLD. FSA,late of Roebuck Hall, Co. Dublin,Sold by Auction at Sotheby's 9.11.21,Lot 152
Site: hungary
Discovery context: auction
Country: Hungary
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 128
Width (mm): 57
Edge (mm): 48
Thickness (mm): 40
Patina: Thick patina of olive green
Surface: Smooth.
Other: Site: unspecified location in Hungary - geolocation not accurate to 10 kms,Width: edge 48mm; socket (including loop) 56.5 mm,Thickness: socket 40mm
Description: Decorated on both sides. The blade is flattened, more so on one side than the other. Bronze shows through on the blade.