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Description: | A Neolithic (3500-2100 BC) flint Polished Axehead, roughly triangular in shape, expanding from the butt to the cutting edge. It measures 137.08x(max)56.97x(max)33.31mm and weighs 297.54g.The flint is very heavily patinated - it is almost entirely grey-white in colour, with a dark grey flint bleeding in at the butt end (which also has a small patch of cortex on one surface). The entire surface is polished with a few (likely ancient) flake removals on each face. Towards the cutting edge the surface is very highly polished and glassy in appearance.The cutting edge (56.97x1.09mm) is sharp and asymmetrical when viewed face-on, possibly through wear or possibly by intention as wear is not obvious. The highly polished area is roughly triangular on each face behind the cutting edge, as the edges of the face are worked at a different angle to a central arise (now polished smooth). The top of the 'triangle' roughly coincides with the thickest part of the axe, 33.31mm. One of the faces is rather more bulbous at this point than the other.The sides of the axe itself have been polished flat (c.109x(max)7mm and c.120x(max)7mm), narrowing at either end but not necessarily widest at the centre.The butt end is rounded and c.25x5.26mm.
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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