Record ID: CORN-729D30
Object type: DISCOIDAL KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Flint discoidal knife, semi-circular in plan and lozenge-shaped in section, with a polished curved back to the blade, which is also slightly convex. The knife has been bifacially reworked and the blade edge retouched and then polished along with the back which may have been for hafting or hand-held. It was no doubt polished for decorative reasons as well as practical ones. The flint is an orangey-brown colour and was probably derived from a locally mined flint nodule. The length to breadth ratio is about 3:2. Bond (2004) illustrates a similar example of a discoidal knife with a p…
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2008
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2018
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Record ID: CORN-726021
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Flint dagger, lozenge-shaped in plan and section, tapering towards a point at the distal end and a squared-off butt at the proximal end. The dagger is bifacially reworked and retouched using pressure flaking on all margins. The flint is a translucent grey-brown colour and was likely derived from a locally mined flint nodule. The length to breadth ratio is about 3:1. Bond (2004) illustrates a similar, but less symmetrical, example from Norfolk on page 60, Fig.5.35, and another on page 145, Fig.5.131, No.28, which dates from the Beaker period. Smith (1919) illustrates similar ex…
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 11th August 2016
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