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BLADE
Unique ID: SOM-BA5116
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Proximal end of a knapped flint tertiary blade. Prominent bulb and ripples on the ventral face, arises on the dorsal face from previous parallel removals from the same platform. Angled snap at distal end. Translucent pale grey-buff flint with darker areas. 24.1mm by 9.9mm by 2.8mm and 0.79 grams. Probably Mesolithic or possibly early Neolithic.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 8300 BC
Date to: Circa 3000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.1 mm
Width: 9.9 mm
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 0.79 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 9th March 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC reciept 20737
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Sedgemoor (District)
To be known as: Middlezoy
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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