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Record ID: NMS-B7A08B
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unfinished Early Bronze Age flint arrowhead dating to the period c. 2350 - 1500 BC. Struck off a secondary flake c. 40% cortex remains on the dorsal surface. The bulb of percussion has been removed to create a flat, triangular flake 4.3mm thick with a lenticular cross-section. Both faces exhibit sub-parallel, scaled, invasive retouch along both mesal edges covering c. 60% of the dorsal and ventral faces. Mottled dark grey, fine-trained flint with no large inclusions.
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2019
Last updated: Sunday 29th March 2020
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Record ID: NMS-BD8BD2
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early - Middle Bronze Age flint plano-convex knife dating to the period c. 2350 - 1500 BC. Hard hammer struck tertiary flake. It exhibits four narrow negative flake scars on the dorsal face. The ventral surface is missing the bulb of percussion and exhibits a series of closely spaced conchoidal ripple marks. The distal end has been retouched on both the dorsal and ventral face, with three flakes removed from each face. One mesal edge exhibits pressure flaked semi-invasive, scaled semi-abrupt retouch. The flint is a mottled dark grey.
See: Clarke, T.G.D, 1932, "The Date of the Plano…
Created on: Friday 14th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2019
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