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Bronze Age awl
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St. Albans District Council, Julian Watters, 2014-03-31 16:18:37
Title
Bronze Age awl
Description
English: A copper-alloy awl of probable Middle to Late Bronze Age date.

The awl comprises two distinct sides, one of which is slightly longer than the other. The longer of these sides is of circular section and tapers to a sharp point; the other side is of rectangular section, of equal width and thickness along much of its length and terminates in a wedge-shaped distal end.

Length: 45.4mm; maximum width: 4.9mm; weight: 3g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hertfordshire
Date between 1250 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 609082
Old ref: BH-9873D1
Filename: BA_awl_14_36_15.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/462777
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/462777/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/609082
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