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Description: | An incomplete and worn cast copper-alloy flat, tanged chisel or leather working knife of Bronze Age date. Only the blade end and a small section of the tang survive, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The tang is solid, oval sectioned and expands to a flattened blade end. This is triangular in form and profile, with a crescentic blade that extends further to one side than the other giving it an asymmetrical appearance. The surfaces have the remains of a worn and pitted dark brown patina. It measures 23.52mm in length, 18.44mm in width, 5.12mm in thickness and 4.75g in weight.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 Parallels published by Pendleton (1999: nos. 286-288, 291-292, 299-300) and in an unpublished PhD thesis by Needham (1983: pp. 255-256) suggest a probable Middle to Late Bronze Age date, c.1500-800 BC.
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