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Description: | A complete copper-alloy awl or chisel of Middle to Late Bronze Age date (1500-800BC). The object is roughly rectangular in plan, broader at its mid-point. The two ends of the object are very different: one end is sub-round in cross-section tapering to a point, the other is rectangular in cross-section and tapers to a flattened and rounded terminal. These two ends converge at the broader middle.There is no evidence here of mid-point projections, ridges or flanges is the case on chisels dating to the Middle Bronze Age (see HESH-51B7E2, YORYM-71EBF0 and WAW-EF4C84). This example better fits into the Late Bronze Age Awl category, usually round sectioned and pointed at one end, and rectangular sectioned with a square or chiselled edge at the other (Rowlands 1976, p.48). They may have been used to make holes in leather and wood. Awl parallels have been recorded as SF-ECC48E, NMS-5DE706, and NMS-1EF240.The object has a covering light green patina. It is 87.45mm in length, 8.50mm wide at is mid-point, and weighs 14.67g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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