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Description: | A Middle Bronze Age copper alloy awl (1,500-1,500BC). It is incomplete, measuring 40.15mm in length and with a maximum diameter of 5.12mm. The awl tapers towards the tip that has an oval cross-section. At the other end it tapers with a rectangular cross-section towards the end that is broken. It has a roughened surface with brown patinaIt is similar to an awl found in The Monkswood Hoard, Bath. The hoard dated to the Middle Bronze Age (Smith 1959).Dimensions: Length 40.15mm; diameter 5.10mm; weight 4.77g.Reference: Smith, M. A. (ed.) 1959. Middle Bronze Hoards from Southern England. Garraway: London.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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