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KNIFE
Unique ID: NLM-A01935
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Grey flint knife. Narrow flake with a long flake struck from its dorsal side and with a flat and slightly rippled ventral surface. Invasive angled scalar retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows one long edge and round the wider end with shorter abrupt retouch following the opposite long edge and carried up to the other, slightly narrower, end; this side is battered. The retouch approached the production of a plano-convex section though the slight hollowing of the upper or dorsal surface would improve grip while the abrupt retouch may have permitted pressure to be brought to bear on the back of the knife when in use. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC.
Length: 31mm, Width: 13.4mm, Thickness: 4.5mm, Weight: 2.15gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Undergoing further examination at a museum
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: 31 mm
Width: 13.4 mm
Thickness: 4.5 mm
Weight: 2.15 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 11th April 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM33204
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: South Ferriby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9921
Four figure Latitude: 53.67609995
Four figure longitude: -0.50277172
1:25K map: SE9921
1:10K map: SE92SE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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