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Description: | Flint scraper/knife of broad Mesolithic/Neolithic date (9000 - 2200 BC). The flint is a brown coloured, semi-translucent, tertiary flake. It is sub-triangular shaped in plan and sub-trapezoid in section. There is short, sub-parallel, abrupt, soft hammer retouch to the extent of the right hand side carried out from the ventral face. The left hand side has a section of short, scaled, semi-abrupt, soft hammer retouch carried out from the dorsal face which may have formed a cutting edge. It is 30.6mm long x 21.3mm wide x 6.7mm thick and weighs 3.9g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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