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Description: | A flint disc scraper. The scraper is a primary flake as cortex is covering the majority of the dorsal face, cortex also covers the distal end. The ventral face has no remaining ripple marks and it is unclear where the flake was hit to remove it from the core. There is short, scaled, semi-abrupt retouch around approximately 75% of the edge of the scraper. The scraper is D-shaped to semi-circular in section. The flint is white-grey to mid-brown in clolour. Disc scrapers date from the early Neolithic period.Length:63.78mm, Width: 58.07mm, Thickness: 22.69mm, Weight: 87.45g.
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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