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BLADE
Unique ID: SF-99C11D
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete flint blade of the Neolithic period, dating to AD 4000 BC- 2500 BC. It is sub-rectangular in plan and roughly trapezoidal in cross-section. It has been manufactured from a grey flint core by striking long flakes. The narrower end is the platform of percussion while the opposite end has a transverse break. The ventral face is slightly concave and bears a low bulb at the narrower end. The dorsal face has a central longitudinal band and bevelled long edges. The surfaces have redish yellow stains.
Length: 46.09 mm
Width: 5.00 mm
Thickness at the centre: 4.58 mm
Weight: 4.22 g
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 2500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 46.09 mm
Width: 5 mm
Thickness: 4.58 mm
Weight: 4.22 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 17th March 2019
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Hacheston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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