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Bronze Age casting waste (probably)
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St. Albans District Council, Julian Watters, 2011-06-29 15:01:34
Title
Bronze Age casting waste (probably)
Description
English: Copper-alloy casting waste of probable Bronze Age date.

The artefact is sub-conical, its concave upper surface coated with an unidentified black substance. Below, the artefact tapers downwards, terminating in a short jet with rounded point. The piece measures 28.2mm long, 24.1mm wide and 14.5mm high. The weight is 21.5g.

Examples of similar casting jets have been found in hoards of Middle to Late Bronze Age metalwork (see, for example, 2006 T36, from Devon). Such pieces represent a plug of waste copper-alloy which is created when casting socketed implements, such as axes, in two-piece moulds.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Buckinghamshire
Date between 1500 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 448020
Old ref: BH-76A2D3
Filename: BA_waste_11_108_2.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/335210
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/335210/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/448020
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