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hatchet (?)

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Description

Corroded iron small hatchet- or adze-head or chisel blade (?) used for carpentry, with a rectangular blade with rectangular cross-section and a narrow tang of square cross-section, which was clearly fastened in a mortise at one end of a wooden haft.

Connections

Found at Tell Dafana

Cross-references (2)

  • BM-Object Y_EA23952 tier-2
  • BM-Registration 1887,0101.1474 tier-2
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