Chersonesos - Record View Page: CH05SR

Archival Resource Key: ark:/87610/t66h2r/sfi_cd/CH05SR_2906

Short Description Tool (from the wall 298)
Description Copper/ copper alloy spike like object of more or less square cross- section; sides gradually converge from width of ca. 0,8 cm to ca. 0,6 cm over a length of 10 cm. At ca. 1.5 cm from other end all sides step down (beveled step) to width of 0,4 cm; end shows fracture damage; other end terminates with a stepped flange 0,9 cm wide which appears to have suffered bend damage; flange of tool has green and white encrustation; damage to upper edges appears to have occurred and one face has 2 cm long 0,2 cm wide indentation.

Context: CH05SR_298
- see context sheets for CH02 and CH04 for description; further excavation of layers in street revealed that the wall fell outward, into the street