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Description: | A flint Late Neolithic polished edge-ground knife dating to the period c. 2700 - 2351 BC. The knife measures 65.45mm in length, 51.97mm maximum width, 22.03mm minimum width, is 12.99mm thick and weighs 56.79g.The knife is trapeziodal in shape and has been struck off a tertiary flake, exhbiting no remaining cortex. The dorsal face exhibits four parallel negative flake scars running down the centre and exhibits long scaled semi-abrupt retouch along the proximal end. The mesal edges have both been ground smooth along their length on both the dorsal and ventral surfaces. The distal end exhibits some damage from old breaks, but retains traces of long stepped low-angled retouch. The ventral surface appears to have been ground or polished smooth with extensive old breaks along the distal end. The flint is a mottled light grey colour with frequent lighter inclusions.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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