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SPEAR
Unique ID: SF-28BF82
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete heavily patinated flint possible spear point/head of Neolithic date. It is missing the tip.
It is leaf-shaped, bifacially worked with moderate edge damage. There are parallel scars on the dorsal face and a prominent bulb on the ventral face. The proximal end is thick and the overall size of the flint appears too large to be an arrow head.
This possible spear measures 44.49mm in length, 25.81mm in width, 8.43mm in thickness, 8.06g in weight.
There is a similar example recorded on the PAS database (SF-992EB6).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2551 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44.49 mm
Width: 25.81 mm
Thickness: 8.43 mm
Weight: 8.06 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st August 2014
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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: Kedington
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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