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BLADE
Unique ID: ESS-A25C95
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of cast copper alloy blade from an unknown Bronze Age weapon. This fragment is subrectangular in plan and has a flattened oval section. There is no sign of a median rib or ridge. The fragment is abraded and pitted. The original surface survives with a mid green patina and exposed surfaces are only fractionally lighter. The two break edges are worn suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. Both breaks are fairly even, but it is not clear if the fragment has been broken along each side, or whether it has been deliberately cut for inclusion in a scrap hoard. The fragment is 30.02mm long, 21.16mm wide, 5.64mm thick and weighs 15.96g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 2150 BC
Date to: 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.02 mm
Width: 21.16 mm
Thickness: 5.64 mm
Weight: 15.96 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Chelmsford (District)
To be known as: Roxwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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