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Description: | A copper-alloy chisel of probable late Bronze Age date.
The blade, which is of rectangular section, is slender in appearance, expanding gradually in width, but narrowing in thickness towards the convex cutting edge. A moulded swelling separates the blade from the handle, the latter of which is of square section and tapers to a point at the top. It is likely that that the handle section would originally have sat within a wood or bone casing, no trace of which survives. The object is heavily corroded and there is a small hole on one side of the blade, which is probably the result of air becoming trapped during the casting process.
The tool measures 88.9mm long, 20.6mm wide at the blade and up to 11.1mm thick. The weight is 28.64g. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | -1150
-800 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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