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Description: | Cast copper alloy sickle length 116mm, width 26mm. Curved ridge runs down the spine of the blade on the dorsal edge of the sickle, the blade runs three quarter of the length of the object from the tip (which is missing). There is a large semicircular notch (16mm deep, 24mm long) that is 25mm from the rear of the artefact. There is a transverse ridge running across the rear edge of the sickle. The back of the blade is flat.A similar artefact was found in a Bronze Age hoard at Edington Burtie and was dated to 1200-1000BC (Pearce S, 1983, 426-427, 635). Also see GLO-D4D0A6 for a similar example that was recorded on the database. Pearce S, 1983, The Bronze Age Metalwork of South Weston Britain, part ii, BAR 120(ii).
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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