Object: Flanged Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Smith, Mr. B.W. - private (1990), Wyncombe Hill, Fittleworth, W. Sussex, RH20 1HN,(Archaeology student at Newcastle!),Left to him in the will of an old collector, Gordon Mcpherson.
Site: England,Oxfordshire,River Thames,near Wallingford,Believed to be from bed of Thames near Wallingford, Oxfordshire - possibly on basis of accompanying label?
Discovery context: river
Parish: Wallingford
County: Oxfordshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 137
Width (mm): 28
Edge (mm): 87
Thickness (mm): 14
Weight (g): 407
Surface: Thin dark brown patina survives patchily - rest dull greeny-brown.
Associations: Unknown
Description: Dimensions: L 136.5mm; We 86.8mm; Wst 33.5mm; Wbt 28mm; Tbt 2.2mm; Tst 13.5mm; maxHst 1.0 mm; Bfg 19.3; max H fg 3.8mm; Wt. 407.3 gms; T ebev 11.7mm; D e bev 24.5mm,Typology: stop of definite 'bump' form; reverse e. bev. nearly straight, obverse one more rounded and diffuse; no decoration on faces; parts of flange insides verging on overhanging.,Manufacture: Butt top flat, but slight traces of butt groove at corners; e. bevels sl. concave in profile,Condition: cutting edge intact and very sharp.,Attached Material: butt grainy deposits in flanges angles
Remarks: Archive: PIF,Rec.: SN Dec. 90,Source: Sb.A