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Description: | Fragment of a polished flint axe of Neolithic date (3500 BC ? 2100 BC). Length 44mm, width 52mm and 19mm thick. Weight 61.58g.
This mottled grey fragment is the cutting edge end of the implement It is symmetrical in plan. One face is polished overall and the opposite face is also polished but has two large flake scars that appear to have been created when the implement was damaged. Each edge has been chamfered flat by polishing. The transverse break appears to be old. Along the edge of the break on one side there is an area that has been re-touched. However, the purpose for this re-touch is unclear. The colour of the broken surface is the same as that of the polished surfaces. The fragment is in good condition. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | -3500
-2100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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