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KNIFE
Unique ID: NLM-F876C8
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Dark grey flint knife. Triangular flake with broad parallel flakes trimmed from its dorsal side and trimmed by multangular angled hard hammer working on the ventral. One long edge is lightly battered, presumably from use, while the opposite long edge is flat, affording a finger or thumb rest. The trimming of both sides was so economically executed as to give the appearance more usually associated with covering scalar retouch, while the resemblance to the form of a projectile point is probably misleading. Thick white patina has accumulated overall, and its loss at edges is the result of fortuitous later damage. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC.
Length: 46.2mm, Width: 31.7mm, Thickness: 8.9mm, Weight: 12.31gms.
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: 46.2 mm
Width: 31.7 mm
Thickness: 8.9 mm
Weight: 12.31 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 8th December 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM31118
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
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: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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