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Description: | Orange patinated flint scraper manufactured on a tertiary flake. Probably Neolithic or Bronze Age date (4500 BC - 700 BC). Length 34mm, width 19mm and 7mm thick. Weight 5.07g. The distal surface has a bulb of percussion, a percussion scar and associated ripples. The dorsal surface has two large negative flake removal scars. Both edges of the dorsal surface and also the distal end have secondary removals to form working edges. The removals at the edges are short and semi-abrupt and the removals at the distal end are abrupt. The implement is in good condition. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 4500
700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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