- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Stone borer
- Long description
- Borer of flint covered in greyish pink, light grey and white patina. Orange staining present. [CG [Excav. PR] 01/03/2013]
- Geographical reference
- England
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Archaeological period: Neolithic
- Date collected
- By 1874
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884 Found unentered: 28/02/2013
- Materials and processes
- Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
- Dimensions
- Thick: max 13 mm, Width: max 46 mm, Length: max 59 mm, Weight 36 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.140.1385 PR Cat other PR nos: 1340 PR Cat other PR nos: 2235
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