396 Bronze Age Weapons in the Scarborough Museum. 



usual type, two of which, at least (Nos. 10 and 11), arc prob- 

 ably part of the Scalby hoard. 



(10) This is the usual type of socketed axe just as it came 

 from the mould, the cutting edge not having been hammered 

 out. The ridges in the middle, formed by the valves, are 

 very prominent, and inside the axe for securing the shaft 

 are two unusually pronounced ridges, from top to bottom, 

 one on each side. There is a collar extending about |" 

 from the top, and the usual three raised ridges on each side, 

 which extend about half way down the axe. Measurements: 

 3|" long, cutting edge i-^\" across the socket (which is square, 

 with round corners), i|" by ij". Weight 7 oz., which is 

 more than usual for an axe of this kind. 



(11) This is quite typical of the Scalby hoard, though 

 the cutting edge has been hammered out rather more than 

 usual for a Scalby axe, and from one side, more than half 

 of the weapon has been broken awav. On the inside of 

 the upper portion is a ridge which, however, does not ex- 

 tend from the top to the bottom. There is a collar similar 

 to the last, and originally the axe had the usual three 

 decorative ridges extending not quite half way down, but 

 the central ridge has been worn away, and the side ones are 

 nearly obliterated. The mould ridge is prominent. Measure- 

 ments : 3:^" in length; across the socket i|", length of cutting 

 edge 2" (as one corner is broken awav, it would originally 

 be quite 2|"). Weight 5 oz. 



(12) Another broken axe, about half of one side and the 

 loop being missing. This is as taken from the mould, the 

 cutting edge not having been hammered out, and is much 

 chipped and broken, as in No. 10, which it much resembles. 

 There are pronounced ridges inside, extending the w-hole length 

 of the axe ; outwardly it has the usual collar with three ridges 

 extending nearly half way down the sides. The ridges on the 

 sides formed by the mould have been filed away. Fastened 

 to the axe is a fragment of a very old label, which appears to 

 contain the words 'brass (axe?) . . . the foot of the Wolds 

 nr . . . '). If my reading of the label is correct it would 

 seem that this is not a Scalby example. Measurements: 3^" 

 in length, by if" along the cutting edge. As only a portion 

 of the socket remains, measurements cannot be given, but 

 they will resemble those of the preceding axe. Weight 6 oz. 



(13) The upper portion of a particularly long and thin 

 socketed axe, very similar in type to figures 11 and 12 from 

 the Scalby hoard, on Plate III. of The Xaturalist for May, 

 1917, Near the handle is an irregular hole, V across, due 

 to a flaw in the casting, which has probably restilted in the 

 specimen having been broken into two for fe-melting. The 

 process has evidently been a tedious on(\ judging from the 



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