File:Awl (FindID 58737-17494).tif

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file (2,240 × 5,328 pixels, file size: 66 KB, MIME type: image/tiff)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Awl
Photographer
Suffolk County Council, Faye Minter, 2004-02-03 11:53:59
Title
Awl
Description
English: A probable copper-alloy atypical tracer/awl, 51mm in length, and 5mm thick. It is complete although both ends are very worn, one is presumably a former break which was rounded by use-wear.

  From an approximately square cross-section at its former mid-point(?) both ends of this awl are twisted, in opposite directions, to give them lozenge shaped cross-sections.  This can only have resulted from extreme use-wear and is important for this reason and as this can also suggest that this awl was not used for leather or material working but more likely for metal, stone or wood working.  The surviving tip is extremely worn giving a very broad, and not very sharp, although still relatively pointed end.  The lozenge shaped cross-section just above the start of the tip is slightly flattened on each corner creating a perhaps more octagonal cross-section at this point.  The surface is in good condition and has a deep brown patina.
This unusual awl is most likely to be Bronze Age in date.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Suffolk
Date between 2500 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 58737
Old ref: SF-7B9694
Filename: WGN026SF-7B9694.jpg
Credit line
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/17493
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/17493/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/58737
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License
Other versions Search for matches

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current19:05, 27 February 2017Thumbnail for version as of 19:05, 27 February 20172,240 × 5,328 (66 KB)Fæ (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, create missing image based on cross-ref check. FindID 58737, ImageID 17494, batch page 23563

You cannot overwrite this file.

The following page uses this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Awl_(FindID_58737-17494).tif&oldid=809409542"