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Bronze Age Awl (possibly)
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Isle of Wight Council, Frank Basford, 2009-02-18 14:51:06
Title
Bronze Age Awl (possibly)
Description
English: A complete cast copper alloy awl (possibly) of possible Bronze Age date (2150 BC - 800 BC). Length: 40.6mm; width: 4.4mm; thickness: 4.4mm; weight: 2.36g.

Mid-way along its length the object is square in cross-section. In one direction, from the centre, it tapers to a point and becomes circular in cross-section. The other end becomes flattened and splayed.

The object has a light green patina interspersed with areas where the patina is lost.

Awls can date from early to late Bronze Age. Needham (in Longley, D. & Needham, S 1980 ‘Runnymede Bridge 1976: Excavations on the site of a Late Bronze Age settlement’, Surrey Archaeological Society Volume 6, page 19.) discusses awls and comments they cannot be dated with accuracy within the Bronze Age period as they are found in Early Bronze Age contexts, such as graves as well as Middle and Late Bronze Age hoards. Barber (Barber, M. 2003 Bronze and the Bronze Age: Metalwork and Society in Britain c. 2500 – 800 BC. Tempus) comments that awls are commonly found in graves and their function may not just have been utilitarian.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Isle of Wight
Date between 2150 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 247250
Old ref: IOW-C1D725
Filename: IOW2009-3-6.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/202504
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/202504/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/247250
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