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Middle Bronze Age bone awl
Awl point made from the proximal shaft end of a sheep metacarpal. Striations on point surface indicates shaping marks or use wear.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
64.135/8
Find Information
Site Name: Lesser Garth Cave, Lesser Garth
Grid Reference: ST 126 822
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1963-1964
Notes: Found in a layer sealed by stalagmite above the roof-collapse.
Acquisition
Donation, 13/4/1964
Measurements
length / mm:124.0
minimum diameter / mm:2.0 (of point)
diameter / mm
maximum diameter / mm:11.0 (of point)
diameter / mm
maximum width / mm:25.0 (of distal end)
width / mm
weight / g:11.9
Material
bone
Location
In store
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