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Description: | A flint thumbnail scraper dating to the Later Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. The scraper is oval in shape with a coarsely retouched curved edge on the dorsal face. About a fifth of this edge is unworked - this is the butt area where the original flake was struck off the core. There is some yellowish white cortication in this area. The angle of retouch is about 45 degrees. The ventral surface has a pronounced bulb of percussion There is no retouch on the ventral surface. The scraper measures 28mm in length, 29mm in width and 11mm in thickness.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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