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Description: | A flint knife from the Neolithic period, dating from 4000 BC - 2200 BC. The knife is formed on a curved tertiary blade of flint which is patinated to white. The right side is worked from the ventral face with short, low-angle, sub-parallel retouch forming the blade, and the left edge is worked from the dorsal face with short, abrupt, sub-parallel retouch to back the blade. The blade has a dorsal ridge. The knife is 29mm long, 13.5mm wide and 4.4mm thick. 1.56g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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