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Unique ID: NLM-404840
Object type certainty: Possibly
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Mottled dark and pale grey flint, lightly crazed by burning, possible plano-convex knife fragment. Knapped triangular flake fragment with a flat surface on its dorsal aspect and a concave ventral surface. The dorsal aspect bears pressure flaking scars around the converging edges running right up to a break. Lighter pressure flaking may extend to the third, broken, side. If so, indicates that it was intended to abate its sharpness to enable the continued use of a broken tool; the flat upper surface also provides a convenient thumb rest to facilitate its use in truncated form. The burning presumably followed discard in a settlement context. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2100-1500 BC.
Length: 29.5mm, Width: 19.8mm, Thickness: 6.2mm, Weight: 4.05gms.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2100 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.5 mm
Width: 19.8 mm
Thickness: 6.2 mm
Weight: 4.05 g
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 4th January 2012
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Other reference: NLM19726a
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Uncertain
4 Figure: SE7806
Four figure Latitude: 53.544856
Four figure longitude: -0.824345
1:25K map: SE7806
1:10K map: SE70NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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