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Description: | Copper alloy solid cast object consisting of a shaft with a hammer head. It measures 42.3mm in length and 7.8mm in width at its widest point, it flares towards its terminal, which has a transverse moulding around it. The shaft is faceted with the longitudinal casting seam clearly visible down both sides. The hammer part has a flat rounded terminal and a chisel like terminal it measures 29mm in length and 6.1mm in width it has transverse grooves across its centre and around its rounded end. This object is similar to another cast copper-alloy hammer found at Covethithe (see SF-9617) which is believed to possibly be a post medieval pipe tamper.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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