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AXE
Unique ID: NMS-0EF908
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Tertiary semi-soft hammer struck flake of pale patinated grey flint. Part of the dorsal face and the platform are ground and polished with three flake scars that have not been competely ground down, The distal end is transversely broken recently. This flake was struck from a broken axe. Neolithic.
Evidence of reuse: Struck flake from Neolithic polished axe.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2351 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 24 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 22nd February 2017 - Wednesday 29th March 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 42553
Other reference: DDMD032017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Deopham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0499
Four figure Latitude: 52.55060142
Four figure longitude: 1.00746174
1:25K map: TM0499
1:10K map: TM09NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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