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Description: | Copper alloyIngot. Two non-joining fragments of an ingot of copper alloy, apparently cast in a shallow flat-bottomed circular vessel or scrape of c.200mm diameter. Ferrous concretions and cuboid structures presumably relate to the state of metal as it cooled. The association of this material with a socketed axe which was either unfinished or damaged beyond use could suggest both objects to be part of a smithing hoard of Later Bronze Age date.Suggested date: Later Bronze Age, 1100-800 BC.a) Length: 102mm, Width: 88.6mm, Thickness: 31mm, Weight: not measured; probably c.1kg. Measurements for larger object given below.b) Length: 52.74mm, Width: 48.4mm, Thickness: 22mm, Weight: 176.53gms.This record may duplicate that formerly presented as NLM691, where the date of find is cited as 31 March 1998; probably referring to when the initial record was made.
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