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Mesolithic flint tranchet axe
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Museum of London, Kath Creed, 2011-11-02 12:01:50
Title
Mesolithic flint tranchet axe
Description
English: A mesolithic flint tranchet axe. The axe is made from a grey-buff flint patinated mottled olive-brown/ochre. It has a slightly S-shaped body and a truncated butt. Three small patches of cortex remain, each in the central of the largest faces. It measures123.8mm (length) x 51.7mm (width) x 38.4mm (thickness) and weighs 280.59g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Greater London Authority
Date between 8300 BC and 4500 BC
Accession number
FindID: 469721
Old ref: LON-131102
Filename: mesolithictranchetaxe.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/352521
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/352521/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/469721
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 26 November 2020)
Object location51° 30′ 41.76″ N, 0° 01′ 43.23″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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