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KNIFE
Unique ID: NLM-B69C48
Object type certainty: Possibly
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status: Awaiting validation 
Opaque green-grey flint possible knife fragment. Fragment from an object of plano-convex profile with short scalar retouch following one straight edge; some, or more likely all, of the other edges are broken. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC.
Length: 13.8mm, Width: 24.1mm, Thickness: 4.6mm, Weight: 2.38gms.
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: 13.8 mm
Width: 24.1 mm
Thickness: 4.6 mm
Weight: 2.38 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM27632a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Grimsby Foreshore
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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