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LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Unique ID: YORYM-3C2758
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete lithic thumb scraper of Neolithic date designed to be held between your thumb and forefinger. The object is roughly tear drop shaped in plan and sub-ovate in section. Both the ventral and dorsal surfaces are irregular with numerous flakes removed during the shaping process creating multiple negative scars and corresponding arrises. The proximal edge has been heavily worked to create the scraping edge and extends along the right edge to the distal portion of the implement.
The flint is a dark greyish-brown colour with multiple lighter inclusions and one patch of cortex on the ventral surface. The implement is 44.1mm long, 33.9mm wide, 13.2mm thick and weighs 16.7g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44.1 mm
Width: 33.9 mm
Thickness: 13.2 mm
Weight: 16.7 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Ulrome
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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