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Roman iron paring chisel
Polygonal stem markedly tapering into a narrow, thin-sectioned, blade at one end, and into a small tang at the other. Both ends damaged and partly missing.
Iron 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): 135 (broken)
Width
(mm): 20.4
thickness
(mm): 21.1
Weight
(g): 108.6
Material
Iron
Categories
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