Late Roman Socketted Iron Adze Hammer

CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.

7 3/4 in. (752 grams, 19.5 cm).

Flat-section blade with gently curved cutting edge, round socket with spurs to both edges, clubbed hammerhead to the rear. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found near Wetwang, East Yorkshire, UK.
Acquired circa 2005.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.

Literature

Cf. Bavant, B., Ivanišević, V., Caricin Grad IV, Catalogue des objets des fouilles anciennes et autres etudes, Rome-Belgrade, 2019, figs.1464-1465, for similar.

CONDITION

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