Copper alloy, 190 grams; 85.11 mm. Circa 900 - 800 BC, ‘Ewart Park’ period. A Welby type axe, square sectioned body with expanded cutting edge decorated with raised ribs on both sides. The loop set in-line with the lower of the two socket moulding. Ref: for similar axes see Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the collection of The Lord McAlpine of West Green, page 103. A good solid axe with some nibbling to the blade otherwise in very fine condition. Found Wiltshire.