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Description: | A large flint borer or piercer. Made on a cortical flake of patchy grey and off-white flint. The surface is glossy and slightly yellowed. The proximal end has a large striking platform.On the ventral face is diffuse bulb of percussion and numerous closely spaced waves of percussion. On the dorsal faces are several elongate flake removals and a large area of worn nodule cortex. The beak has been formed by abrupt retouch along one margin and by utilising the natural curve of the original nodule on the other.Date: Neolithic to Early Bronze Age c. 4000 - 1600 BCDimensions: 46.5 mm x 34.6 mm x 13.1 mmWeight: 23.50 g | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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