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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 corresponding arrises. The proximal edge has been abruptly blunted and distal, left and right hand sides have shallow retouch. The ventral surface is flat and smooth with minor flakes been removed from the surface of the bulb. One further negative scar is 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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