File:341 two awls (FindID 81360).jpg

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341 two awls.JPG
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Bristol City Council, Kurt Adams, 2004-11-29 15:09:43
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341 two awls.JPG
Description
English: Two pierces 
 Neolithic 

 Largest, Length 19mm, width 14mm, thickness 4mm 

 Smallest, length 13mm width 12mm, thickness 4mm 

 

 Both of these artefacts have a flat ventral with no bulb of precision and a flat dorsal.  The larger example is an elongated triangular in plan with the top elongated and curving around to the right slightly, retouch at the point and along the curved edge.  

 The smaller example is hexagonal in plan with one of the corners extended to form a point, evidence for retouch down one side.
The larger example has a mid grey patina with white mottling, the smaller example has a very dark grey patina with occasional light grey patches.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Gloucestershire
Date NEOLITHIC
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FindID: 81360
Old ref: GLO-44F3E2
Filename: 341 two awls.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/44394
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/44394/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/81360
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