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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Edward Caswell, 2021-06-10 12:14:50 |
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| Title |
Bronze Age chisel |
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| Description |
English: A cast copper alloy probable chisel proably dating to the Middle to Late Bronze Age c.1600-800 cal BC.
The object is made of one piece that can be described into two sections, a cylinfircal shaft and an angled chisel blade. The shaft is c.c24.4mm long, c.7mm wide and circular in cross section. The blade section is c.37mm long, c.9.8mm wide and 9.2mm thick at the interface beteween the blade. It is rectangular in cross section at the interface. From this point it narrows in thickness evenly in a straight line to the blade edge. The sides of the blade are slighly concave first narrowing for c. two thirds of the blade's length to 5.8mm wide before then widening again to 6.7mm at the blade edge. The blade edge is damaged and chipped and now relatviely horizontal although it may have been curved originally. The object is a medium green colour with occasional pitting and chips in its patina. The object is 61.4mm long, 9.8mm wide, 9.2mm thick and weighs 11.9 grams. There have been no exact parallels for this object found on the database. The most similar objects, consisting of a blade and shaft are termed as chisels (e.g. SUR-79EE05, NMGW-C26E90, NMS203, PUBLIC-8914F9 and YORYM-9764E7, DENO-799B6C). These are either termed chisels or awls. The former interpretation is favoured here due to the pressence of a flat blade edge rather than point. However awls do show a range of rod-like forms often with one round sectioned and pointed at one end, and rectangular sectioned with a square or chiselled edge at the other (Rowlands 1976 48) such that the latter this interpretation should not be excluded. |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) Oxfordshire | ||
| Date | between 1600 BC and 800 BC | ||
| Accession number |
FindIdentifier: 1029553 |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/1145441 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1145441/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1029553 |
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