9th-11th century AD. An iron axehead with long, deeply curved blade, short neck, round socket with triangular flanges, long rectangular extension to the rear. Cf. Arbman, H. Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.14(1) for type. 977 grams, 18.2cm (7"). From the family collection of a South East London collector; formerly acquired in the 1960s.