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Bronze Age awl
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St. Albans District Council, Julian Watters, 2013-07-10 14:44:58
Title
Bronze Age awl
Description
English: A copper-alloy awl, probably dating from the Late Bronze Age.

The widest part of the awl is roughly at the centre, from where it tapers in both directions. One side is of subcircular section, tapering to point at the distal end; the other side, which may be a tang, is of rectangular section, bent, and terminates in a wedge-shaped end.

Dimensions: length: 68.4mm; maximum width: 5.2mm. Weight: 7.95g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hertfordshire
Date between 1000 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 568659
Old ref: BH-D64995
Filename: BA_awl_13_78.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/432707
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/432707/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/568659
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 3 December 2020)
Object location51° 40′ 52.68″ N, 0° 29′ 18.75″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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