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Bronze Age awl
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None, Julian Watters, 2008-10-30 16:10:05
Title
Bronze Age awl
Description
English: A copper-alloy awl of probable Bronze Age date.

The tool has two halves, the first being of rectangular section and tapering to a rounded, wedge-like end; the other side is of sub-square section (the corners having been flattend) and terminates in a point.

The tool has a light green patina and is slightly corroded in places. It measures 51.3mm long, 4.8mm wide at the centre and weighs 4.41g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cambridgeshire
Date between 2150 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 236488
Old ref: BH-9D8C64
Filename: BA awl 08 118 - 9.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/192077
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/192077/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/236488
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