Sickle
48-2-197
From: Southern France | Chalon-Sur-Saône
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 48-2-197 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Southern France | Chalon-Sur-Saône |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Description | Rivet-hafted sickle. Green patina was cleaned in 1966. Curving balde has two strengthening ridges along its outer edge and is flat at the inner cutting edge which is serrated. At one end is a pear-shaped hole for attaching a handle. The back is flat and plain, indicating that the sickle was cast in a one-sided mold. |
| Length | 12.9 cm |
| Width | 2.6 cm |
| Thickness | 0.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948 |
| Other Number | 148 - Collector Number | L-2-302 - Old Loan Number |
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