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Description: | A knapped flint late Neolithic or early Bronze Age scraper. In plan the scraper is an asymmetrical drop shape. In profile the scraper is straight and quite thick with a slightly obliquely angled striking platform and the distal end having quite abrupt re-touch. The dorsal face has two vertical negative scars and has abrupt retouch around the lower curved edge, the distal end. The retouch is formed by long, narrow parallel negative scars. The angle of the retouch is c. 80 degrees. The ventral face (smooth face) has a bulb of percussion with bulbar scars and concentric rings. The scraper is knapped from a mid grey flint with a band of matte cortex across the distal end. The mid grey portion of the scraper has a slight waxy feel to the surface. The scraper, with the striking platform at the top, is 18.62mm long and is 19.77mm wide. It weighs 3.2g.The scraper is probably a thumbnail or button scraper and dates to the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age periods, c. 2500 to 1500 B.C.
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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