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Description: | Cast copper alloy tanged and collared chisel dating from the Late Bronze Age, that is c. 1000-800BC. The chisel is in good condition, but very worn. It has a long tange with square cross-section, that tapers to a point. It would have held the wooden or antler/bone handle. There is a stop-ridge with three additional collar mouldings between the tang and the blade. The blade is triangular with softly-rounded edges. It appears to have started off much wider/larger but it looks to have been used extensively and it was repeatedly resharpened, resulting in a small triangular blade with round corners and blunt cutting edge.
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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