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Roman iron socketed chisel
Heavy chisel with a distinct shoulder between a conical socket and a rectangular-sectioned blade. Edge formed by a bevel on one side.
Iron mortise chisel, 75-200 CE. Found at Brecon Gaer Roman fort, south Wales.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
25.212/4.
Find Information
Site Name: Brecon Gaer, Powys
Collection Method: Excavation
Date: 1924-1925
Notes: context unrecorded
Acquisition
donation, 18/10/1923
Measurements
Length
(mm): 243
Width
(mm): 27.4
thickness
(mm): 29.4
Weight
(g): 389.4
Material
Iron
Categories
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