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Description: | A flint thumbnail scraper dating from the late Neolithic - Early Bronze Age. The scraper is sub-oval in shape with a finely retouched curved edge on the dorsal face. There is a slight V shaped butt area where the original flake was struck off the core. The ventral surface has a pronounced bulb of percussion with ripples radiating from this point across the surface. There is no retouch on the ventral surface. The scraper weighs 3.45g and measures 20.63mm in length, 18.81mm in width and 8.57mm in thickness. There is a parallel on PAS database: SWYOR-B4D444. The flint is very dark, almost black. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Ward, Stuart | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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