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Description: | A complete flint scraper of Early Bronze Age date (2150 BC ? 1500 BC). Length 22.9mm, width 24.8mm and 6.2mm thick. Weight 4.13g.
The scraper is a dark honey/brown colour and semi-translucent and has been produced on a secondary flake with a striking platform that consists of cortex. The ventral surface has a bulb of percussion with a percussion scar and associated ripples. There is no re-touch on this face. The dorsal surface is in the form of two main flake scars and an area of battering to one side. Viewing the dorsal surface with the striking platform at the bottom, the left edge only has been re-touched. This parallel re-touch is short and the angle is mainly semi-abrupt. There is no evidence for gloss or wear.
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: | -2150
-1500 | 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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