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BLADE
Unique ID: NMS-188720
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Late Upper Palaeolithic long blade fragment with an ancient transverse bending fracture at the mid-point of the blade, and with the distal end is missing. Semi-soft hammer struck from an opposed platform core, with one bifurcated flake scar towards the break orientated 180 degrees from the rest, it is now patinated a light mottled grey with some recent chips revealing the original dark grey flint inside. 65 x 33.5 x 9.5 mm.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: PALAEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 15000 BC
Date to: Circa 10001 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 65 mm
Width: 33.5 mm
Thickness: 9.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015 - Wednesday 15th April 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 23223
Other reference: DB042015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Quidenham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0387
Four figure Latitude: 52.44324262
Four figure longitude: 0.98542271
1:25K map: TM0387
1:10K map: TM08NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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