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Summary
| Copper-alloy bun ingot of likely late Bronze Age date | |||
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| Photographer |
Kent County Council, Walter (Jo) Ahmet, 2017-06-14 16:15:13 |
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| Title |
Copper-alloy bun ingot of likely late Bronze Age date |
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| Description |
English: A complete copper-alloy ingot of probable late bronze age date, c. 1150 - 600BC. Description:The ingot is a plano-convex discoid shape possibly suggesting the production in a bowl furnace rather than a mould. The upper is flat but with a large knop or swelling relating to the casting gate used in its production. The bottom is a rounded convex shape. The ingot is heavily pitted likely due to a mix of impurities in its matrix and the uneven natural material used to create the bowl in which it was cast. Measurements:121mm in diameter, 41.49mm thick and 1,225g in weight Discussion:The bowl furnaces were developed during the Mediterranean Bronze Age, becoming popular in Britain in the Late Bronze Age and were used intermittently to the modern era for many types of metal. It becomes much rarer in the production of copper-alloy after the Roman Period. Iron Age and Roman bun ingots tend to be much heavier than those of the bronze age often weighing upwards of 12kg, this example weighing only 1.25kg would be suggestive of a late Bronze Age date. |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) Kent | ||
| Date | between 1150 BC and 600 BC | ||
| Accession number |
FindID: 852764 Old ref: KENT-14DDA6 Filename: KENT14DDA6.jpg |
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| Source |
https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/618980 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/618980/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/852764 |
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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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| current | 10:36, 15 December 2018 | | 6,544 × 2,903 (2.85 MB) | Fæ | Portable Antiquities Scheme, KENT, FindID: 852764, bronze age, page 1500, batch count 5224 |
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