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Description: | A knapped flint end scraper: The scraper is knapped from a mottled dark and mid grey coloured flint. In plan it is a sub-oval and in profile almost semi-circular with a slightly flattened apex on the dorsal face. The dorsal face (the face with the most scars) has retouch around the lateral edges and the distal end. The retouch is formed by long, narrow parallel negative scars. The angle of the retouch is c. 90 degrees. On the dorsal surface there is a patch of cortex remaining. The ventral face (smooth face) has bulbar scars, bulb of percussion and ripples. The scraper, with the striking platform at the top, is 31.74mm long and is 30.89mm wide. It weighs 15.1g.The scraper 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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