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Description: | A cast copper alloy awl, probably dating to between the Bronze Age and Medieval periods (c. 2500 BC-1499 AD). Although the copper alloy portion of the awl is intact, the tool is missing its handle, which likely would have been another type of material such as wood, bone, or iron. The remains of the awl consist of a tapering nonagonally (nine-sided polygon) cross-sectioned tool end (measuring 56.74 mm long; 11.40 mm maximum diameter; 2.29 mm diameter (at tip)); with a wedge-shaped and rectangular cross-sectioned haft (measuring 41.48 mm long; 6.07 mm thick (max); 1.57 mm thick (min)). The missing handle would have fit onto the hafted end of the tool. The awl measures: 95.76 mm long overall and weighs 23.92 grams. The metal has an even dark green patina with traces of a lighter buff-coloured encrustation on the haft end.Such tools were used throughout a wide range of time; as such, they are difficult to date precisely outside of secure archaeological contexts.
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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