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PLANO CONVEX KNIFE
Unique ID: NLM-E8C33B
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Grey cloudy flint with cortex possible plano-convex knife fragment. Long flint, now irregular, with short abrupt hard hammer retouch along one long edge and continuing to a rounded end; the other side is lost. Patina developed over all surfaces suggests the object was subject to prolonged exposure after its lengthwise breakage. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC.
Length: 54.8mm, Width: 19.1mm, Thickness: 9.8mm, Weight: 10.30gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 54.8 mm
Width: 19.1 mm
Thickness: 9.8 mm
Weight: 10.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 24th June 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM26397a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Binbrook
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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