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Description: | A complete flint thumb nail/ oval scraper with flat base of Neolithic date (3500-2100 BC). The lithic is sub-ovate in profile with two predominant negative scars and one arrise left of the mesial line. The proximal edge has been abruptly blunted and distal, left and right hand sides have shallow retouch. The ventral surface is convex due to a bulb of percussion at the proximal end, minor flakes have been removed from the surface of the bulb. One further negative scar situated at the distal right hand edge of the ventral surface.The flint is a light brownish grey in colour with cream inclusions throughout.Bond, Pg 145, Fig 5.131, No 9.
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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