socketed axe
- Museum number
- 1866,0627.69
- Description
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Copper alloy socketed axe; cast. Oval mouth with bevelled rim. Waisted body with well expanded cutting edge, now chipped. Surface is smooth, casting seams are rounded ridges at each side. Short haft rib.
- Dimensions
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Length: 45 millimetres (mouth)
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Length: 100 millimetres
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Width: 72 millimetres (cutting edge)
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Width: 41 millimetres (mouth)
- Curator's comments
- In Eogan 2000 registration number mistakenly given as 1868,0627.69.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1866,0627.69