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TRANSVERSE ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: SF-999DE4
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An unpatinated broken transverse arrowhead of Neolithic date. It is very pale grey in colour and is made on a flake. There are two breaks, one at the base and the other on one side. The top edge is lightly unifacially retouched. The side is heavily bifacially retouched.
Part of the assemblage recorded under SF-D02EC3
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.24 mm
Width: 38.32 mm
Thickness: 3.14 mm
Weight: 4.12 g
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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: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Wordwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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