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Description: | A flint lithic implement; a multi-functional tool of Neolithic date, about 4000 BC - 2200 BC, combining a knife with a possible denticulate and a scraper. It is formed on semi-translucent darkgrey flint with no patination but a little cortex survives at the distal right side of the dorsal face. It is sub-rectangular with rounded ends. It is D shaped in section. The secondary blade has long sub-parallel abrupt retouch on the left side, from the dorsal face, probably forming a scraping edge. The right side has long, semi-abrupt, sub-parallel retouch at the proximal end, and short, abrupt paralle retouch at the distal end, with a deliberately formed notch or denticulate between the two styles. The distal end also has long, semi abrupt retouch and could have been used as a scraper. There are platform preparation removals at the proximal end. There is a double dorsal ridge along most of the blade. The flint is 68mm long, 19.4mm wide and 8.22mm thick. 13.7g.
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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