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KNIFE
Unique ID: NLM-222E42
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Grey (appearing honey coloured under transmitted light) flint knife. A thin oval flake with broad flakes remived from its dorsal side by hard hammer strike and with a bulb at the narrower end of its ventral surface. Short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows two converging edges at the end of the scraper, and forms a notch at the end of on3e of those sides. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC.
Length: 38.2mm, Width: 31mm, Thickness: 4.9mm, Weight: 5.88gms
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: 38.2 mm
Width: 31 mm
Thickness: 4.9 mm
Weight: 5.88 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 5th June 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM39530
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: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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