Iron and Bone Utensil

One bone and iron utensil or tool consisting of two fragments. One fragment is a conglomerate of iron, slag, stone and possibly other materials, measuring 7 cm long by 3.7 cm in diameter and containing an impression into which the second piece mends. That second fragment is a rectangular piece of worked bone, which appears to be its handle. The handle measures to 7.6 cm by 1.3 cm and 0.7 cm in thickness. The handle also contains iron wire-like piece embedded inside.

• Object number

  1176.18, 1176.7

• Animals/objects

  Utensil

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Composite

• Material

  Iron

• Context

  Lot 26*, Test Cut AP, Cistern Deposit: Grayish, Yellowish and Rust Brown Silty Sand in Feature (624.1176)

• Forms

  Incomplete