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Description: | Phil Watson (Principal Curator, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery) identified the object as a Neolithic flake dating to -3500 to -2100. The blade has been knapped from a mottled mid grey coloured flint. The flake is large, and the edges are abraded forming a 90° angle. The flake has a patch of cortex remaining next to the striking platform. Initially the flake was considered to be a scraper, but the angle of the edge and lack of a rounded lower edge suggested otherwise. It measures 38.08mm long, 43.94mm wide and 9.14mm thick at the bulb of percussion. It weighs 15.09g.
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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