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Description: | A complete lithic implement of Neolithic date (3500 BC - 2100 BC). Length: 98.9mm; width: 36.1mm; thickness: 25.8mm; weight: 96.67g.The implement, possibly an adze, is made of flint. It is strongly convex at the front and generally flat at the rear. The entire surface consists of flaking and no cortex is present. In plan, it has a rounded butt and cutting edge. From the butt the sides flare and then taper to the cutting edge. At the butt the width is 22.0mm. At the front, radial flaking has been used to fashion the butt and the cutting and cutting edge.The implement has a mottled grey patina overall.
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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