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SICKLE
Unique ID: NLM-109DF1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Toffee brown flint with cortex, the surface of which might suggest collection from the East Coast, sickle. Thin flake with broad flake struck from its dorsal side and with a rippled ventral surface. Both long edges bear angled invasive scalar retouch executed from the dorsal aspect, as does the shorter side between them; the straighter edge bears similar retouch executed from the ventral aspect. Although short, this does not appear broken from a larger or longer object; a spur projects at the base of the longer cutting edge. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC.
Length: 50.5mm, Width: 31.3mm, Thickness: 6.2mm, Weight: 10.61gms.
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 2350 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 50.5 mm
Width: 31.3 mm
Thickness: 6.2 mm
Weight: 10.61 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 15th March 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM31760
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: Ludford
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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