Rights Holder: Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service
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Unique ID: ESS-CEBF56
Object type certainty: Certain
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Mesolithic to Neolithic flint flake with retouched notched edge. There is a latge bulb of percussion and impact ripples on the ventral surface. The dorsal surface has a central ridge with scaring towards the proximal end. Half of the left had side is covered in cream coloured cortex. The right hand edge and distal end have been retouched, forming three semi-circular notches. It has a triangular cross section. It is 44.18mm long, 21.71mm wide, 9.77mm thick and weighs 8.5 grams.
Class: Notched
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8300 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 44.18 mm
Width: 21.71 mm
Thickness: 9.77 mm
Weight: 8.5 g
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2003 - Tuesday 1st June 2010
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Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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