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AWL
Unique ID: SF-91AB67
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy fragment from a possible awl of Bronze Age date.
It is broad and sub square in section.
This awl measures 26.11mm in length, 4.38mm in width, 3.84mm in thickness, 2.25g in weight.
There are similar examples from Suffolk (Pendleton, 1999, fig. 42, no. 143) (Rowlands, 1976, no. 1178).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2550 BC
Date to: Circa 801 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.11 mm
Width: 4.38 mm
Thickness: 3.84 mm
Weight: 2.25 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Ousden
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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