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Description: | A large, sub-oval, flint, thumbnail scraper. The scraper has been made from a primary flake of dark brown flint. There is a flat striking platform and a clear bulb of percussion at the proximal end of the flake, with ripples of percussion across the ventral face.The dorsal face is largely covered in a thick, off-white cortex. The scraper has been abruptly and steeply pressure flaked around 50% of its edge.These types of thumbnail scrapers date to the Early Bronze Age.
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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