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Description: | A complete Neolithic flint side scraper (3500 BC- 2100 BC).This scraper has been made on a secondary flake and is sub-oval in plan, pointed oval in cross-section. The dorsal face has about 50% buff cortex, on side has a large flake scar and the opposite side has pressure flaked removals throughout its length. These are low angled, long and sub-parallel. The slightly humped ventral face has a bulb of percussion with a percussion scar and no ripples. The distal end has been worked over most of its length and these are low angled, short and scaled.The flint is brown with greyish and off-white mottling on the ventral face.65.08 x 41.68 x 11.42mm. Weight: 35.52g.See Butler 2005: 125-126, fig. 52, ref: 4.
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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