Context (Related Documents)
For Melissa Metzger's Crowther-Beynon Grant report see Doc.485 in MAA's archive.
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Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Flint; Stone Beaker Knife
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Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in blue paint: 'Tuddenham 1557'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Auction / Sale)
Listed in the Catalogue of the Fox Collection (GO1/1/25) as being purchased, along with 16 other objects from Tuddenham Hall Farm for 17/6 on 29 July 1918 from C.R.J. (C.R. Jennings).
Event Date 29/7/1918
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Clark, J. (1929). 'Discoidal Polished Flint - their typology and distribution'. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia 6 (1). p. 41-54.
Event Date 1929
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (References)
Lewis, J. (2005). Monuments, Ritual, and Regionality. BAR British Series 401.
Event Date 2005
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Amendments / updates)
C.R. Jennings has been added to the Source field as a collector based on his presence in Fox's catalogue.
Event Date 26/10/2017
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Metzger (2017): This artefact is an oval shaped flint tool that has been bifacially worked. It has been made from a grey flint with white mottles. It has one polished edge. This artefact has only one polished edge, which could be intentionally done by the knapper or the others were removed by post-depositional damage. There could be evidence of patination. There are a number of small fossil inclusions present
Event Date 9/2017
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Analysis)
In September 2017 Melissa Metzger, PhD candidate at the University of Bradford, studied a number of polished discoidal knives for their Crowther-Beynon Grant. They supplied further descriptions, measurements, contextual information and bibliographic references. These fields have been updated accordingly. They also suggested a date of Late Neolithic.
Event Date 9/2017
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Analysis)
Metzger (2017): This artefact might have been a Type I of the Polished- edge Discoidal Knife classification. This category has three types (Type I- circular or D-shaped, Type II- triangular, and Type III- broad leaf to lozenge) and show polished edge. This artefact classification might has functioned as wood or claying working tools. This artefact was bought by Fox on 29-7-1918 and it was found at Tuddenham Hal Farm in Tuddenham, Suffolk.
Event Date 9/2017
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Amendments / updates)
The Period field previously stated Neolithic. This has been updated to Late Neolithic from information from Melissa Metzger, see Analysis.
Event Date 17/6/2020
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson