Ploughshare
The ploughshare is shovel-shaped, symmetrical, and provided with shoulders. The blade is slightly convex in cross-section, the socket is reinforced by an indentation, and the tip is rounded. The surface is corroded, but the object is well preserved.
Length: 28.4 cm; width: 19.2 cm (at the shoulders); socket length: 9.3 cm; socket width: 16 cm.
Inventory no.: R.92.2.3.
This is the most common type of ploughshare, used on heavy ard ploughs.
Quantity
1
Length
28.4 cm
Width
19.2 cm
Container
Bronze vessel
Material
Iron
Hoard
