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KNIFE
Unique ID: NLM-492E53
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Grey and blue mottled semi-translucent flint with patch of cortex.
Blade. Plano-convex knife, made from a long leaf-shaped flake. A patch of cortex remains on the convex surface, along with about nine long flake removal scars. A zone of diagonal wear or polish appears close to the cortex. Damage on the flatter side of the blade appears to be recent. Suggested date: Neolithic, 3500-2100.
Length: 56.17mm, Width: 22.23mm, Thickness: 5.8mm, Weight: 7.61gms.
Class: Plano-Convex
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 56.17 mm
Width: 22.23 mm
Thickness: 5.8 mm
Weight: 7.61 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 4th May 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM14628
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Greenfield
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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