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Record ID: BH-F12D04
Object type: TEXTILE EQUIPMENT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A polished flint artefact which is probably a linen smoother. Linen smoothers were often made of glass (see, for example, PAS record no. LON-493C48) but stone examples are also known (e.g. YORYM-07A703). The dating of such artefacts is difficult and a date range of Early-Medieval to post-Medieval is suggested.
The tool has been made from a flint nodule which was probably originally of sub-oval form but has lost one end, probably in antiquity. Polishing is confined to a roughly triangular area of one face, extending to the rounded bottom side. This polishing has revealed the dark bro…
Created on: Thursday 16th July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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