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Description: | An incomplete cast iron probable cleaver, probably dating to the Roman period between AD 43-410 (length: 185mm; width: 51mm; thickness at shaft: 15mm; weight: 220.70g). The artefact has an incomplete sub-rectangular tang (approximate length: 55mm), which expands outwards into a straight-backed tool with a damaged blade/ cutting edge, which was probably curved in shape. Overall, the artefact is in a worn and corroded condition.Similar examples are illustrated in W H Manning's 'Catalogue of the Romano-British Iron Tools, Fittings and Weapons in the British Museum;, 1985, page 123, plates 56-7, which includes examples from Hod Hill, Dorset; Chesterford, Essex and London.The majority of cleavers were probably used for butchering meat in a chopping meat in comparison to knives that were used for slicing. They generally take a number of forms and most are socketed rather than tanged (Manning, page 120).
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