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Description: | A group of five large Late Neolithic thumbnail scrapers. The largest is buff brown in colour, ovoid in plan, with a bulb of percussion on the ventral surface and steep retouch around all sides except the striking platform. It is relatively flat and thin in profile, measuring 4.36mm thick around the edges but up to 7.84mm thick at the bulb of percussion. The scraper is 31.14mm long, 27.71mm wide and weighs 9.04g.
The remaining four scrapers all have a speckled light blue patina. One is sub-circular, has a relatively thin profile with a bulb of percussion on the ventral surface and a central ridge on the dorsal surface. There is retouch on all edges except the striking platform. It measures 25.97mm x 23.46mm x 6.28mm thick, and weighs 5.29g.
Another has cortex surviving on the entire dorsal surface except at the distal end where the edge has been re-touched. It measures 23.33mm long, 20.95mm wide, 9.70mm thick, and weighs 6.10g.
The two remaining scrapers have irregular shapes. One might be described as a side-thumbnail scraper and measures 28.75mm long, 16.87mm wide, 7.51mm thick, and weighs 4.34g. The other might be described as an end-thumbnail scraper and measures 27.14mm x 27.61mm x 9.14mm thick, and weighs 7.30g. The group weighs 32.06g in total. | Subjects: | Scraper Thumbnail | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Davey, John - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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