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BLADE
Unique ID: HAMP-AE4623
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment from a bladed object of Bronze Age date. The object consists of the abraded blade tip, that tapers to a broadly rounded point. All of the edges have been abraded and broken to a greater or lesser extent. The break is broadly straight. The blade is broadly oval in cross section. Where it survives the metal has a dark-brown patina; underlying this it is a corroded mid-green colour.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Circa 700 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.6 mm
Width: 9.55 mm
Thickness: 1.75 mm
Weight: 0.79 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st August 2011 - Monday 1st August 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E3195: NFR/1271
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Kings Somborne (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3731
Four figure Latitude: 51.077137
Four figure longitude: -1.473221
1:25K map: SU3731
1:10K map: SU33SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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