British Late Bronze Age 'Socketted & Decorated' Axe
Copper-alloy, 300 grams, 98 mm long. 1,200 to 900 BC. Finely cast socketted axe with side loop and triple line ornament each side of the socket and a convex cutting edge. Reference: Arthur MacGregor Antiquities from Europe & the Near East in the Collection of the Lord McAlpine, number 11.13 for a very similar example. Fine, with green/brown patination. Provenance: found Suffolk, England.