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ANVIL
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All rights reserved, gary smith, 2016-08-10 13:45:38
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ANVIL
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Bronze anvils like this were first produced in the later Middle Bronze Age (Ehrenberg 1981). This particular anvil is known as a 'complex anvil' in that it has a working face, a punching hole, a beak and a lengthy swage (apparently for forcing a sheet into premade shapes)--Although in this instance the swage looks almost like it could be hammered into a wooden base. Each feature is for working metal in a different way. BA anvils are typically small and were likely for working smaller items of copper alloy and precious metals. The composition of this anvil (a high tin bronze) would make it slightly harder than a classic bronze and would therefore have no problem being used to work typical alloys. As of 2012 there were only 6 anvils in Britain.

The alloy was a "high tin-bronze", much higher than an normal BA ratio

The link below is a 3D model image of the anvil kindly done by Derek Pitman of Bournemouth University

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/anvil-2-e813e7f1561641598230f563654c4312
Depicted place (County of findspot) Dorset
Date between 1500 BC and 1100 BC
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FindID: 799083
Old ref: PUBLIC-B21001
Filename: Underside.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/578346
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/578346/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
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