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Description: | Flint thumb nail scraper of late Neolithic/early Bronze Age date (2400 - 2200 BC). The flint is completely patinated to an off-white colour and is opaque. It is a secondary flake, with cortex remaining on the dorsal face, and is oval shaped in plan and is sub-trapezoid shaped in section. There is invasive, scaled, semi-abrupt, soft hammer retouch to the curved distal edge, carried out from the dorsal face. The flint is 18.3mm long x 20.2mm wide x 10.2mm thick and weighs 3.7g
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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