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Description: | Semi-translucent grey-buff flint with cortex, Knife, as kindly identified by the finder. Flake with prominent bulb of percussion on its ventral side; the associated striking platform is itself lightly patinated suggesting reuse of an older flake. The dorsal aspect bears four broad flake removal scars. Pressure flaked retouch of the curving edge up to the narrow end is executed from the ventral side and would permit the residual cortex to be used as a surface on which to exert pressure. This detail may suggest an early date. Suggested date: possibly Late Mesolithic, 7000-4000 BC.Length: 35.1mm, Width: 18.6mm, Thickness: 8.2mm, Weight: 5.43gms.
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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