Fragment of a bronze sickle

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This piece of a bronze sickle was found at Premnay in Aberdeenshire. It is an early surviving example of a common agricultural tool. This sickle was used between 950 and 750 BC.

The sickle has a socket which is incomplete at the end. The blade is also imperfect.

Sickles were used from an early time to cut crops at harvest time. They were also used to gather plant fibres for textile production, with the exception of flax which was harvested by hand.

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• Online ID: 000-100-034-425-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.DO 2
• Date: Between 950 and 750 BC
  
• Material: Copper alloy
  Sickle
  
• Dimensions: 4.00" L
  
• What: Sickle
  
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• Where: Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Premnay, Edengerach
  
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• Description: Copper alloy sickle from Premnay, Aberdeenshire
  
• References:
  • Coles, John M. Scottish late Bronze Age metalwork: typology, distributions and chronology. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 93 (1959-1960), pp. 47, 87. 
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