|
Date: |
|
Description: | An incomplete Middle-Late Bronze Age tool, possibly a hammer, dating 1600-800BC. The object is cylindrical with a domed end and a circular open end. There is a single facet on the object, some of which is no longer visible due to a large section of the object having broken away. The metal is a mid-light green with patches of white discolouration on the outer surface and concreted dirt on parts of the inner surface.The identification of this object being a hammer comes from Elpidia Fregni, who suggested it might be a repousse tool and that it is an unusual item for Britain. Having shown the item to Neil Wilkin, he agrees the object is unusual but provided an alternative possible identification as a ferrule for a staff. Both agree that the object is a Bronze Age tool, but the function remains uncertain.Dimensions: length: 55.93 mm; diameter: 29.26 mm; thickness: 3.01 mm; weight: 68.67g.Identification:Neil Wilkin, Curator of Bronze Age collection in the Department of Prehistory and Europe, British Museum.Elpida Fregni was awarded a PhD Archaeology in 2014, her thesis examining wear patterns on Bronze Age Metalworking tools
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
-
-
hammer
Late Bronze Age incomplete socketed…
-
HAMMER
Late Bronze Age incomplete socketed…
-
-
SPEAR
A fragment from a cast…
-
-
SWORD
Copper alloy Sword or Dagger…
-
SPEAR
Copper alloy Spear Head fragment.…
-
INGOT
Four copper alloy ingots and…
|