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Description: | A reworked Neolithic polished stone reworked handaxe. It is roughly oval in shape and plano-convex in cross section. Several areas on both faces feature the original polished surface and this is particularly apparent at the butt end of one face. The outer end appears to have broken away, however, and the remaining portion of the axe has been retouched with large, scaled, invasive flakes to allow it to be reused. The stone is light grey in colour, perhaps some kind of flint, with some patination and patches of high gloss in places.The original polished axe would have been of Neolithic date, but the retouch and reuse could have occurred as late as the Bronze Age. Other similar examples have been recorded on the PAS database, including SF-8DABF7 & SF-904B71 from Suffolk.Length: 57.97mm, width: 54.13mm, thickness: 16.84mm, weight: 57.22g
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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