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Awl
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Suffolk County Council, Gemma Stewart, 2014-04-22 08:01:53
Title
Awl
Description
English: An incomplete copper-alloy object, possibly an awl or similar of Bronze Age or later date.

It is broad and sub square in section. One end is rectangular in section, tapering to a relatively sharp point. The other is cylindrical before narrowing and terminating in old breaks. It has a pitted medium to dark green patina.

This tracer awl measures 50.77mm in length, 6.36mm in width/diameter, 6.11mm in thickness, 6.15g in weight.

There are similar examples recorded on the PAS database (SF-225118), (SF-8E67C8). However, no direct parallels could be found.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Suffolk
Date between 2550 BC and 1100
Accession number
FindID: 611232
Old ref: SF-BDDC04
Filename: WNT_SF-BDDC04.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/465238
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/465238/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/611232
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