104 DORSET-FOUND CELTIC AND ROMAN BRONZE OBJECTS. 



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tapers. Then comes the flat, oval centre, 

 in which is the hole for the handle. This 

 hole seems to have been drilled, and is 

 only in. across. From the centre piece 

 the bronze, still flat, widens out to in. 

 broad. The end is square across. In the 

 middle of this end is a notch, giving the 

 tool the look of a claw-hammer. But in 

 its present state it could not be so used, 

 and there is no appearance of the claws 

 ever having tapered in a curve to a greater 

 length so as to fit them for drawing a nail. 

 Indeed the smallness of this tool seems 

 to prove that it could not have been so 

 used. The lightness of this hammer and 

 the thinness of the handle, as shown by 

 the hole, make it likely that it was used 

 only for very fine work, perhaps on gold. 





