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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy leather working tool, probably an awl. The tool has a long conical end for punching holes and a moulded double rib separates this end from a pyramidal tang, on which filing marks can still be seen. This tang would have been secured in to a wooden of bone handle. These types of tools are very hard to date as their manufacture, design and function hasn't changed in thousands of years - Bronze Age awls have been recorded on this database - this example is very well made and has a even deep green patina covering it, suggesting a Roman date, but could date back into the Iron Age. This is a very nice tool and is similar to WILT-FC8AE3 on this database.The tang end is 31.53mm long and 6.85mm wide (maximum), while the punch end is 25.87mm long and 8.5mm wide (maximum). The ribbed collar is 11.78mm diameter. The whole tool measures 61.15mm and weighs 12.2gms.
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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