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Roman iron cleaver
Socketed cleaver, with the tapering end of the wooden handle remaining in the socket. One of the securing pins for the handle remains.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
84.43H/3.1
Find Information
Site Name: Museum Garden, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1983 - 1984
Notes: From; Well 2, lower fill
Acquisition
Collected officially, 26/4/1984
Measurements
length / mm:180
width / mm:95
diameter / mm:21.0 (socket)
diameter / mm:2.5 (pin head)
Material
iron
wood
copper alloy
Location
Caerleon: Case 21 Diet
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