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Description: | Complete single-piece flint sickle of Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date (3000 BC - 1500 BC). Length 83mm, width 36mm and 19mm thick. Weight 48.71g.In plan, the cutting edge is straight and the outer profile is evenly curved. The initial flaking on both faces has been carried out with a hard hammer and the edges appear to have been created by the use of pressure flaking. There is no evidence for a bulb of percussion or any wear along the cutting edge. The implement has a whitish patina with small areas of iron oxide staining.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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