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Description: | Neolithic polished axehead, broken in antiquity and reworked for reuse. It is 106mm long, 53.2mm wide (cutting edge) and 28mm thick (widest point). It is narrowest (and thinnest) at the butt end, 32.7mm (12.5mm). The flint is grey in colour, and patinated. It has a much duller grey patination in the polished areas - the areas flaked afterwards have a lighter, milkier patination. Both long edges are flattened and smoothed, c.5.5mm high. The butt end has suffered some damage and although been re-touched, it is still rough and uneven. The cutting edge however has been completely reworked. It is likely the axehead was considerably longer and broke at the widest point, and it is this which has been re-chipped to give the cutting edge. It is likely this occurred in Neolithic times. The new cutting edge has a slight curve but is very uneven. Pressure flaking has been applied to the actual edge. The axehead weighs 165.38g.
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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