M42

Scandinavian Bronze Age fire lighter

A tactile brown stone fire-lighting implement with an oval body, the sides are carved with a deep groove so that a metal wire or rope could be fastened around the outside to form a carrying loop.

Scandinavia, Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, c. 2500-1800 BC

Intact as seen in the photographs

Size: 8.3 x 4.2 cms

Ex. private collection, Suffolk, UK.