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Description: | A complete lithic thumb scraper of Neolithic date designed to be held between your thumb and forefinger. The object is roughly ovate with a sub-D-shaped section. The ventral surface is smooth with a bulb of percussion showing and ripples of percussion present while the dorsal surface is irregular with some flakes removed during the shaping process. The proximal edge has been heavily worked to create the scraping edge which is quite steep to the right edge and shallower to the left edge. The fine retouch extends along the left edge to the mesial portion of the implement ad the steeper edge continues along the right side creating a steep arise along which cortex is present.The flint is a mid orangey-brown colour with multiple lighter inclusions. The implement is 54.2mm long, 37.5mm wide, 12.6mm thick and weighs 26.4g.
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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