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Description: | A fragment of a Neolithic knapped flint axe, dating to 4500-1500BC. The axe has a double convex section and is likely to have been a thin butted axe with the blade being wide and then the body of the flint tapering to a narrower butt however only the blade half of the axe remains. The break of the axe is worn It is a finely flaked, carefully knapped bald. The flint is a dark grey colour with some mottling. There is also some of the cortex remaining on either side of the axe blade. The blade edge appears to have been retouched but has also had some post-depositional damaged. It is 57.26mm in length, 29.16mm thick and weighs 82.42g. The blade width is 58.07mm and tapers to 39.01mm, the width of the break.
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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