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Description: | A fragment of flint knife made from a utilised flake, dating from the late Neolithic - Early Bronze Age(c.3300BC - 1000 BC).The fragment consists of a utilised secondary or tertiary flake utilised as a blade and survives as the butt and middle of the knife. The fragment is sub-rectangular in shape with heavily conchoidal fractures (rippling) on the ventral face. The flake was created with long shallow flaking. The retouch to create the blade is only visible just before the break. The flat end is the break of the blade. Brown cortex remains along the top of the flake.The fragment is a semi-translucent brown colour darkening as it thickens. There are some inclusions visible throughoutMeasurements: 39mm long, 20.2mm wide, 4.41mm thick and 3.84g in weight
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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