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BORER
Unique ID: KENT-C94B37
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A knapped flint borer of probable Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date (c. 4000-1000 BC). The flint is a secondary flake and orange-brown in colour. Two edges have been shaped with short, scaled, crossed and semi-abrupt retouch to create one pronounced worked point. The borer is 34.3 mm in length, 25.6 mm wide, 11.1 mm thick and weighs 8.9 g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.3 mm
Width: 25.6 mm
Thickness: 11.1 mm
Weight: 8.9 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
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