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AWL
Unique ID: SUSS-C4E740
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy awl or possibly graver or other wood/leather working tool. It has a rectangular section narrowing sharply to a point at one end. The other end tapers more gradually and is more damaged, it also appears to be rectangular in section with a blunt tip which appears to be more rounded in section than the rest of the piece. It is possibly a circular sectioned point has been broken off with an old break. It is 67.0mm long, 6.8 by 6.0mm at the thickest point and weighs 15.46 grams.
Copper alloy awls and gravers, many of which are thought to be Bronze Age, are relatively commonly recorded. They typically have one circular sectioned point and a flattened rectangular end or a more obvious point and tang construction. However some have rectangular sections such as HAMP-CD8FF4 and it is possibly the more damaged end did terminate in a circular sectioned point. It is possibly late Bronze Age in date although a more recent date cannot be firmly ruled out
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa 1150 BC
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 67 mm
Width: 6.8 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 15.46 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Chichester (District)
To be known as: Chichester Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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