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Description: | An incomplete probable Middle-Late Bronze Age copper alloy small tanged chisel, with a rectangular section (maximum dimensions 16 x 4mm) and with pitted flat faces and sides. The tang tapers at one end with the terminal missing, and cutting-edge is incomplete. The length of the remaining portion is 45mm. The object may date from c. 1200 - c. 1000 BC, or possibly a little later. Compare to SF-843F22 and NMS-F87702. Copper alloy woodworking tools are known from the Bronze Age but this is not one of the most common forms, and since it is incomplete, the date cannot be conclusive. Such tools continue in use to the Post Medieval period for finer woodworking.
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