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BLADE
Unique ID: NLM6254
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: 4000 BC
Date to: 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45.4 mm
Width: 9.1 mm
Thickness: 4.1 mm
Weight: 2.41 g
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: ROXBY CUM RISBY
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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