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Description: | A worn flat, tanged leather working chisel of Bronze Age date. It is incomplete at the tang end and at the blade end has suffered from post-depositional wear resulting in pitted surfaces and some areas of corrosion. The tang is flat, rectangular in section and expands horizontally towards the blade end. The blade end itself flares to a crescentic blade that is triangular in section. Traces of a dark brown patina are visible on both faces. This example measures 52.27mm in length, 16.65mm in width at blade, 2.89mm in thickness, and weighs 6.12g.This is a small chisel, probably a tool for leather working or similar functions, and of Bronze Age date. Parallels published by Pendleton (1999: nos. 291-292) and in an unpublished PhD thesis by Needham (1983: pp. 255-256, fig. 92.2) suggest at least a Middle to Late Bronze Age date, and probably also earlier in the Bronze Age sequence.
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