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Description: | Flint thumbnail scraper, semi-circular in plan and lozenge-shaped, but almost flat, in profile and section. The distal end and left lateral margin have been unimarginally retouched on the dorsal face. The right margin has the remains of a thin layer of cortex. The proximal end has been snapped off beyond the hinge fracture and the bulb of percussion.
The flint is a mottled light to dark brown colour, probably made from a local beach pebble, and the length to breadth ratio is almost 1:1.
Bond illustrates a similar example, of a thumbnail scraper formed on a flake, on page 57, Fig.5.26, No.F36, which is dated to the Early Bronze Age. He also illustrates a similar scraper with a thin, flat profile and a slight angle of retouch on page 153, Fig.5.137, No.2, which is dated to the Middle Bronze Age. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Tyacke, Anna - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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