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Description: | Cast copper alloy object, probably a Bronze Age awl. The awl is essentially a shaft; rectangular in section, with a swelling approximately two thirds along its length, which gives it an elongated, flattened lentoid shape in plan and profile. The longer end of the awl, before the swelling, tapers to a semi-sharp point, whilst the other, shorter portion terminates with a broad blunt point. The original surface survives only in small patches with an even mid green patina, whilst exposed surfaces (the majority of the object) are a brighter green. The tool is 37.82mm long, 3.24mm wide and 3.02mm thick. It weighs 1.69g. It is very similar in form to a Bronze Age awl recorded as ESS9DEA93 and despite its diminutive size; it is probable that it performed the same function as a tool, probably for leather working.
Stuart Needham?s report in Longley & Needham 1980 (Runnymede Bridge 1976: Excavations on the site of a Late Bronze Age settlement, Surrey Archaeological Society, Guildford, page 19) discusses awls or bradawls or tracers as they are sometimes called. He comments that they cannot be dated with any accuracy or placed in a secure chronology, as they are found in Early Bronze Age graves as well as middle and late Bronze Age hoards. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | -2150
-800 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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