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Late Bronze Age socketed chisel
The socket, which is damaged, is demarcated from the widely expanded blade by a slight shoulder.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
30.130/3
Find Information
Site Name: Cardiff, South Wales
Date: 1928
Notes: Found on the flood plain between the Ely and Taff rivers, near the football ground, in a shallow bed of river sand at a depth of one metre under the turf.
Acquisition
Donation, 11/3/1930
Measurements
maximum length / mm:60.0
length / mm
width / mm:68.5 (of blade)
thickness / mm:1.0 - 4.5 (of blade)
weight / g:30.6
external diameter / mm:12.0 (of socket)
diameter / mm
length / mm:36.0 (of blade)
Material
copper alloy
Northover's composition group: T3
Location
In store
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