Record ID: LVPL-F33C38
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast differentially corroded hook-shaped dense base-metal object, of probable Bronze Age dating. The artefact is semi-circular in plan, and oval in cross section. It has a rectangular hollow opening, which still contains some soil. The top then flattens out before narrowing and curving to a point. In form and size it resembles the tusk of a pig or wild boar. Original, but longitudinally cracking surfaces survive on the interior concave curved side however original surfaces are almost entirely missing on the exterior convex shaped side. Microscope examination of the e…
Created on: Tuesday 13th September 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 16th July 2013
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