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TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Unique ID: SF-1F3C8D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete heavily patinated bi-facially worked flint tranchet axe, possibly a rough out of Mesolithic date. It is missing the blade end due to old breaks, now worn.
It is struck from a light grey flint and is roughly D-shaped in cross-section as the ventral face is slightly flat. It is an elongated oval with a rounded butt. It is abraded with signs of modern damage on all faces.
This tranchet axe measures 125.80mm in length, 50.34mm in width, 28.69mm in thickness, 242.58g in weight.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 10000 BC
Date to: Circa 4001 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 125.8 mm
Width: 50.34 mm
Thickness: 28.69 mm
Weight: 242.58 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 24th April 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: COM 028
Other reference: TX
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Combs
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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