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Description: | A knapped flint end and side scraper from a blade, probably dating to the Neolithic period, c. 4000-2351 BC. The platform and large bulb of percussion are visible on the proximal ventral face and the right mesial edge of the blade has been retouched lightly to fashion into a side scraper (when looking at dorsal face with proximal end down). A large central rib runs the vertical length of the scraper from the dorsal face. There is further abrupt retouch on the distal edge near the ventral face, which suggests that this flint blade was retouched for use as an end and side scraper. The distal edge save for this retouch is covered in chalky cortex from the dorsal face. There are some medium-sized chert inclusions of light grey colour and a mottled whitish-blue patina visible in places on both faces. The scraper measures 48.47 mm long, 27.88 mm maximum width, 8.5 mm thick and weighs 13.87 grams.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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