Socketed axe without loop. The axe has straight, parallel sides and a convex edge. The socket is damaged. There are two transverse ribs below the mouth of the socket. No internal haft support; hexagonal cross-section. The blade is decorated with a plastic, negative facet and deep ribs that curve out towards the corners of the blade. Dark green patina, most of which is severely corroded. Similar to Rygh fig. 99. Length: c. 9.6 cm. Width: 4.3 cm across blade

Context:
Found when ploughing in the 1950s, about 10-15 cm deep, on a terrace in an otherwise flat field.

Location:
Øvrebust (gnr. 133/6), Stordal, Møre & Romsdal

Date:
Shape, decoration and lack of internal shaft support indicate an early date for the axe, Early Bronze Age period 2.