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Description: | Flint scraper, ovoid in plan and lozenge shaped in profile. The dorsal surface has an off centre mesial ridge running down to the fractured proximal end. The distal end and left margin have been retouched. The right margin has a snapped section mid way. The proximal end is snapped with some retouch on the right side. On the ventral side the distal tip is hinge fractured. The upper left margin to the distal tip has a sharp serrated edge. The proximal end has a bulb of percussion with some flake removal.The flint is pale cream grey in colouring.Butler (2005) illustrates a similar example on page 166, Fig. 70, No. 5 which is dated to the Neolithic period.
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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