2 ferrous metal fragments, likely nails, 1 slag fragment

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Object Number 980-24-10/101369

Display Title 2 ferrous metal fragments, likely nails, 1 slag fragment

Descriptions

Inventory Description 2 ferrous metal fragments, likely nails, 1 slag fragment

Classification

Nail
Slag

Department Archaeological

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge / Harvard Yard

Intrasite N0E5, 36-40

Materials Ferrous metal , Slag

Dimensions Overall (Measurements of largest): 1.6 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm (5/8 × 7/16 × 7/16 in.)

Quantity 3

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2014.14.889	4 stone fragments, 2 clinker fragments, 1 slag frament, 1 burned bone fragment, 1 ferrous metal fragment	Coal/clinker Unidentified Fragment Stone Slag	Harvard Yard
2007.20.735	Stone adhered to ferrous metal, fragments (2); Ferrous metal, hardware, nails, fragments	Nail Stone	Harvard Yard
2018.24.162	Ferrous metal, hardware, nails, fragments; Ferrous metal, composite object, glass adhered to nail fragments; Ferrous metal, composite object, stone adhered to nail fragments	Stone Colorless flat glass Nail Unidentified	Harvard Yard
2008.22.63	Iron nails, mainly square cut; one slag fragment	Nail Slag	Harvard Yard
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